Buffalo herd, now one of the largest in the world. 



The Secretary was authorized to visit the Buffalo 

 herds of the West, for the purpose of obtaining exact 

 information concerning them. 



A committee was appointed to prepare a relief map of 

 North America, on which should be indicated the former 

 range of the Bison, and also the positions of the remaining 

 herds. The map will be placed in the American Museum 

 of Natural History, at the suggestion of the Director. 



The foregoing report, it is hoped, will give our mem- 

 bers an idea of what the Society is trying to do, and how 

 it is trying to do it. The officers are making an earnest 

 and determined effort to carry out the purposes for which 

 we organized, and they are more than ever confident of 

 ultimate success. The Society itself is growing, and is in 

 a much stronger position than it was even six months ago. 

 Its membership has more than doubled in that time, and, 

 thanks largely to our friends, the newspapers and maga- 

 zines, it is much better known. Much of the preliminary 

 work has already been done, and we have reached the 

 point where actual results are being accomplished. With 

 the persistent hard work which the officers are willing to 

 do, there is no longer any doubt of our ability to accom- 

 plish our final purposes, — viz., "the permanent preser- 

 vation and increase of the American Bison"; but it is 

 most important that we stand together and keep this end 

 in view. There is enough money in the treasury to carry 

 on the work of the Society for a short time, but much more 

 is needed for many purposes. It is hoped that ere long 

 some of our wealthy countrymen will recognize the im- 

 portance of the work the American Bison Society is trying 

 to accomplish, and by generous contributions hasten the 

 day when our national animal will be out of danger of 

 extinction. In the meantime every effort should be made 

 to increase the membership of the Society; the stronger we 

 become, the better able we shall be to accomplish our 

 purpose. We shall, therefore, ask each member to secure 

 from among his friends, if possible within a month after 

 receiving this report, at least one new member. If each 



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