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in its physical features, and combining, if possible, mountain, 

 valley, forest, moorland, lofty peak and rocky glen, greensward 

 and lake, river and burn, sea-cliffs and seashore. (2) The 

 strict preservation in them of specimens of all the indigenous 

 fauna of our country — the red deer, fallow deer, roe deer, 

 hare, badger, otter, wild cat, fox, and the minor quadrupeds, 

 the capercailzie, blackcock, moorfowl, golden eagle, raven, 

 and all the tribe of sea-eagle and sea-hawk, and the lesser 

 native birds and natural fishes; The enclosure once acquired, 

 to be in the words of the Act of Congress when instituting 

 the Yellowstone Park : ' for ever dedicated and set apart as 

 a public park or pleasuring ground.' Mr. Stewart points out 

 that there are estates and stretches of country or islands in 

 Argyll, Inverness, Ross, or Sutherland offering all the 

 charms that could be desired, and fringed by sea, sea-cliffs, 

 and seashore. The island of Jura (about 90,000 acres in 

 extent) or the island of Rum (about 43,000 acres) would 

 either of them make a noble national park. The enclosure 

 should not be less than 20,000 to 30,000 acres in extent, and 

 50,000 acres would not be excessive. There are deer forests 

 in Scotland which range from 40,000 to 80,000 acres; but 

 even with 10,000 acres, if the ground were sufBciently varied, 

 everything essential for the preservation of big game could 

 be secured. The direct advantages would be the preserving 

 intact of a large and wild tract of country of great natural 

 beauty, and of protecting it for ever from the inroads of the 

 speculator or the schemes of the mining and railway promoter 

 for public use, recreation, and resort, together with the benefit 

 to our food supply, to science, and to pleasure, which would 

 accrue from preserving the wild animals and birds of our 

 country and rescuing them from extinction. The more 

 mountainous and exposed such tracts, the more valuable they 

 would be for showing in bold plantations the alpine and other 

 trees suited for our islands. 



London parks. No city has so much varied and 

 beautiful land for public enjoyment, and kept without 

 stint of men or material, as London. The climate is not 



