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cant of the day. Unfortunately this race 

 has developed too late. With the settlement 

 of the country it will also disappear, unless 

 very stringent laws are made for its protec- 

 tion ; but at least its existence will for some 

 years prevent the total extermination of the 

 species as a whole. It must be kept in mind 

 that even this shyer kind of buffalo has not 

 got the keen senses of other large game, 

 such as moose; and it is more easily fol- 

 lowed and much more keenly and eagerly 

 sought after than would be any other animal 

 smaller and less valuable to the hunte r than 

 itself. 



While the slaughter of the buffalo has 

 been in places needless and brutal, and while 

 it is to be greatly regretted that the species 

 is likely to become extinct, and while, more- 

 over, from a purely selfish standpoint many, 

 including myself, would rather see it con- 

 tinue to exist as the chief feature in the un- 

 changed life of the Western wilderness ; yet, 

 on the other hand, it must be remembered 

 that its continued existence in any numbers 



