APPENDIX 



In order to be in a position to make intelligent 

 recommendations, in case legislation authorizing 

 the setting aside of game refuges should be had, the 

 Boone and Crockett Club, in the year 1901, made 

 some inquiry into the game conditions on certain of 

 the forest reservations and as to the suitability as 

 game refuges of these reserves. 



Among the reports was one on the Black Mesa 

 Forest Reserve. Mr. Nelson is a trained natural- 

 ist and hunter of wide experience, and possesses 

 the highest qualifications for investigating such a 

 subject. He is, besides, very familiar with the reser- 

 vation reported on. His report is printed here as 

 giving precisely the information needed by any one 

 who may have occasion to deal with a forest reserve 

 from this viewpoint, and it may well serve as a model 

 for others who may have occasion to report on the 

 reserves. The report was made to the Executive 

 Committee of the Boone and Crockett Club through 

 the editor of this volume, and was printed in Forest 

 and Stream about two years ago. It follows : 



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