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warden should be allowed to put foot inside the 

 reservation on any pretext whatever, either with or 

 without firearms. The only possible exception to 

 this rule should be in the case of a proper person 

 receiving a permit from the local game-warden, and 

 from him alone. This is imperative, as the official 

 in charge of the reserve would then be in a posi- 

 tion to know exactly who entered the reservation, 

 and to whom passes were granted. The pass should 

 be checked by the local warden when the person 

 holding the permit left the reserve, and forwarded 

 to the Provincial Game- Warden." 



This method of procedure would be admirable, 

 when the reserve was first organised at any rate. 

 Later on the severity of the regulations might be 

 relaxed in a measure, that is, when the animals 

 once knew where they could find protection. That 

 they would do this in a very short time, no one 

 who has even a cursory knowledge of their habits 

 will doubt. 



If reserves, such as I here advocate, are ever 

 seriously contemplated by the proper authorities, I 

 consider that it would be a very great mistake to 

 attempt to combine, what I may perhaps call the 

 social side of such an undertaking with its practical 

 utility. By this I mean that they should be created 

 and maintained simply and solely as tracts for the 

 preservation and encouragement of wild animals, not 

 places where animals are preserved for a crowd of 

 tourists and holiday-makers to snap-shot and treat 



