THE POINT OF VIEW 



accessible, any species of any size or value, either in the 

 oceans or on the land, stands small chance against exter- 

 mination, unless directly preserved by man. Within the 

 past forty years the largest mammal native to our conti- 

 nent, the bison, has been practically, and doubtless would 

 have been absolutely, exterminated had it not been for 



FIG. 3. BUFFALO HERD -ON A STAMPEDE, BLUE MOUNTAIN FOREST 

 (Photograph by Charles Irving Rice) 



the wise action of the government and of a few public- 

 spirited men. Prominent among these was the late Austin 

 Corbin of New York, who established the Blue Mountain 

 Park as a preserve for large game. In this area of 26,000 

 acres, containing a mountain range, we are permitted to 

 see wild life, not in menagerie cages and pens, but in its 

 magnificence, in the setting Nature designed for it. Surely 

 the Corbin Preserve is an institution of national interest. 



