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of Mr. C. F. Dieterich, who for more than twenty 

 years has had about 3,000 acres under fence at Mill- 

 brook, Dutchess County, New York. Mr. Dieter- 

 ich successfully introduced German hares and has 

 also made interesting experiments with roe deer, 

 which now seem thoroughly acclimatized. 



Mr. Chester W. Chapin's preserve is in Sullivan 

 County, New York. The late Dr. W. Seward 

 Webb had a large tract of forest land fenced at his 

 Nehasane Park in the Adirondacks. William 

 Rockefeller also experimented with exotic deer at 

 his Bay Pond preserve in the Adirondacks, and 

 George J. Gould at one time had a herd of elk at 

 his place near Arkville in the Catskills. As far 

 back as 1902, as a result of a computation made by 

 the State Forest, Fish and Game Commission of 

 New York, there was a total of 791,208 acres of 

 land included in game preserves in the Adiron- 

 dacks. Most of this land, however, was not fenced, 

 but simply posted by the owners against public 

 shooting, as they desired to have the exclusive privi- 

 lege of taking the deer, ruffed grouse and trout 

 native to the region. 



In recent years a marked development has 

 occurred in a type of preserve where game is not 

 only protected but propagated. It is interesting 

 to note that while many of these preserves are 

 founded for the purpose of sport, there is an appre- 

 ciable number where scientific or aesthetic objects 

 are the governing factor. One of the first and 



