THE CORBIN GAME PARK. 4?1 
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In the issue of March 12, 1891, we published a very interesting ac- 
count of Mr. Austin Corbin’s game ‘park in New Hampshire, telling 
how Mr. Corbin was led into the enterprise, and also giving an account 
of how the first animals used in stocking the park were secured. Since 
then we have obtained the following information of the present state 
of affairs in the park, chiefly in relation to the breeding of the animals 
in their new environment—it can hardly be called captivity, when 
the animals are at liberty to wander at their own sweet will over 28,000 
acres of woodland, hill, and valley. 
In this respect of breeding the park has proved a great success. All 
the animals seem to take kindly to their new surroundings, and 
already their numbers are being materially increased by births. Of 
the twenty-two buffalo which were put in about a year ago, eight of 
the cows are now in calf, and two young have been added to the herd. 
The elk, which bred to a limited extent on Mr. Corbin’s Long Island 
estate, have found their mountainous New Hampshire home more to 
their liking, and have already increased 50 per cent. Next to the elk 
the most accurate count has been kept of the moose, who, unlike their 
gregarious brethren, go in pairs during the rutting season. It was at 
first feared that these unusually retiring animals would not breed in 
the park, but it has been ascertained that six of the cows are now with 
ealf. There are upward of sixty moose in the park and they make a 
much wider range in travelling than the elk, which keep pretty well to 
one locality where there is considerable brush and small growth, and 
no doubt abundant feed. 
The agent who was instrumental in securing for Mr. Corbin the first 
denizens of the park has the head of a particularly fine moose in his 
possession. The unmounted head weighed 300 pounds, and the horns, 
which show eleven points, have a span of about 5 feet. This head was 
bought of an Indian in Mattawa, and is said to be the last green head 
taken out of Ontario previous to the passing of the law forbidding the 
killing of moose. 
To come back to figures, the wild boars, imported from Germany 
September a year ago, have been seen a number of times lately. They 
have evidently gained by natural increase, and must be quick trav- 
ellers, as three or four herds have been reported in different localities 
at nearly the same time by the game-keepers. The old animals have 
grown considerably, and are wonderfully fleet of foot, for unlike their 
cousin, the domestic hog, they do not fatten. As far as can be ascer- 
tained, all the other animals, including the several varieties of deer, 
have multiplied considerably, and their change of habitat and the fact 
that the big fence occasionally checks their extended wanderings, does 
not seem to cast any blight on the even tenor of their lives. 
Included in the park are two ponds of 20 and 30 acres, respectively, 
and probably 100 miles of streams. The ponds were cleaned out last 
