The Yellowstone Park 
leave the dusty roads and noisy stages, and 
travel by pack-train the unfrequented trails 
into the secluded portions of the Park. Few 
care to take this trouble, as the rules, rigidly 
enforced, prevent the trying of their skill 
with the rifle, when they meet the objects 
of their search. For game protection scouts, 
foresters, and gamekeepers are required. 
These could not well be supplied, except at 
great expense, were it not that the natural 
wonders of the region, which each season at- 
tracts such large crowds, demand for the 
maintenance of peace and order that United 
States troops be stationed there for the pro- 
tection of the Park, and the observance of 
the necessary rules and regulations. All the 
large game animals of the northern Rocky 
Mountains are known in the Park except 
the white goat (Wazama montana) and the 
caribou (Raugifer tarandus), and it seems 
probable that the former, if introduced, 
would remain, as their favorite haunts, 
mountain fastnesses, are not unlike the Ab- 
sarokas. Elk, moose, deer, antelope, moun- 
tain sheep, buffalo, and bears are found. 
Of all the game, elk most abound, roaming 
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