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even attempt to sell the greater portion of the 

 meat. 



Some of the terms in the foregoing tables are 

 a little misleading, and require explanation. 



The Canadian partridge is the ruffed grouse. 

 There is no true partridge in Canada. 



Pekan and fisher are two names for the same 

 beast, Mustela Pennantii. 



Sable and marten are synonymous terms. 



Some idea of the strong inclination of the 

 Canadians of to-day to protect their beasts of 

 chase may be derived from a perusal of the pro- 

 posal to establish a National Park at Banff, 

 somewhat similar to the American Yellowstone 

 National Park. 



The site was explored and reported on last 

 year by Mr. Whitcher for the Dominion Govern- 

 ment, and his recommendation is that an area of 

 some twenty-five square miles should be set apart 

 as a breeding-ground and asylum for all manner 

 of harmless or useful beasts, birds, and fishes, 

 such animals only to be destroyed as he considers 

 noxious to the others to be protected. 



Fish are to be bred, and birds and fish imported. 

 Rice to make a shelter for wildfowl is to replace 

 poorer covert, and belts of timber as a hiding- 

 place for the hinds heavy with young are to be at 

 once an ornament and a useful adjunct to the park. 



