2. The Range. — This must be suitable to afford 

 ample grazing grounds for the herd, both summer and 

 winter, with plenty of water. There must be ample 

 natural protection from winter storms and blizzards. 

 Naturally, the public will not desire to see choice farm or 

 fruit lands set apart as a buffalo range ; hence non-irrigable 

 land must be selected. 



3. Fencing. — The range must be fenced; for other- 

 wise the animals will become scattered, and poachers 

 will molest them. To fence such a range as is desirable 

 and necessary, is no small item; hence the desirability of 

 a location whereon digging will not be too difficult, and 

 where posts may be secured and delivered with a mini- 

 mum of expense. 



4. Care-taking. — The range must be looked after, 

 and the animals must be cared for. The care-taker will 

 need certain material and provisions, and should have 

 communication with the world at large. 



FOUR LOCALITIES CONSIDERED. 



The four localities examined with a view to selection 

 are as follows, and may easily be located on the accom- 

 panying maps. 



I. Wild Horse Island. — This island is in the west- 

 ern arm of Flathead Lake. It is 50 miles from the 

 Northern Pacific Railroad, and nearly as far from the 

 Great Northern. The island is completely isolated, but 

 the contiguity of Cromwell Island, on the west, would 

 make it possible for animals to swim from Wild Horse 

 to Cromwell; and the latter is really a part of the main- 

 land. 



The island contains 2,164 acres, and rises to a height 

 of about 1,200 feet above the lake. On the north it is 

 rather densely wooded with yellow pine and red fir, with 

 a sprinkling of cottonwood. On the southern side, the 

 island is almost bare of timber, except the fringe around 

 the lake. A portion of the lake shore is well adapted to 

 fruit raising. There is no water, except that in the lake 

 itself. 



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