2 STALKS ABROAD 



watching the sunlit glades for the lordly wapiti, 

 coursing the plains after antelope, or climbing dizzy 

 heights for bighorn. I longed, oh how I longed ! 

 to take an active part in all the glorious pursuits 

 which my mind conceived, never dreaming that one 

 day I should indeed fulfil my desires. From fancies 

 such as these I would be aroused by the voice of 



the long-suffering M. B protesting that "he, 



M. B de Paree, would not be bamboozle by ze 



leetle English fourth form caad," that " Wallass 

 would proceed to write out the lesson word for 

 word three times" ("O sir!" from Wallass), con- 

 cluding his remarks with the plaintive and some- 

 what paradoxical statement, "Ven I turn my back, 

 you laff in my faice ! " 



Others perhaps, as I did, may wonder what that 

 huge playground of the American people is like, 

 and though if they expect scientific explanations of 

 the formation of geysers or the elaborate colouring 

 of the Grand Canyon they will be disappointed, a 

 few notes on the fauna to be found there may 

 prove of interest. 



The Park is about 60 miles long by 50 miles 

 wide, with an average elevation of 7500 feet. It 

 was established by the Government as a National 

 Park in 1872, and though I suppose that the 

 geysers and other natural malformations of nature, 

 if I may so term them, are the principal attrac- 

 tions for tourists, I went there chiefly in the hope 

 of seeing the larger mammals of North America 



