26 OUR BIG GAME 



charming that I should like to quote it entire, which, 

 of course, would make this chapter too long, since Mr. 

 Muir has written a good-sized book. I have borrowed 

 his description of the Columbia black-tail deer for my 

 chapter on that animal, since it is the most satisfactory 

 account of that comparatively rare animal which has 

 been written for sportsmen, although Mr. Muir does 

 not shoot them. 



There are now many vast shooting estates in Amer- 

 ica where the big-game animals are presfved as they 

 are in the older countries, such as the lat Tr. Whit- 

 ney's October Mountain in Massachusetts, and the 

 Corbin Park, in New Hampshire, which is now owned 

 by the Blue Mountain Club. The owner of the former 

 park presented to the New York Zoological Park a 

 score or more of bison from October Mountain, and 

 a large band of elk. He also furnished some carloads 

 of the latter animals to help restock the Adirondacks. 

 The Blue Mountain preserve has not only bison and 

 elk in abundance, but moose also, and many deer. At 

 the Blooming Grove Club, in Pennsylvania, there is a 

 large deer preserve containing several thousand acres 

 under fence. 



In the Adirondack region there are some splendid 

 estates, such as Kamp Kill Kare, owned by the Hon. 

 T. L. Woodruff, Mr. Vanderbilt's Camp Sagamore, 

 Mr. Morgan's Camp Uncas, and many more, over 

 fifty, I believe, where the deer roam the forests and in 

 summer come down to the lakes and ponds to feed in 

 safety upon the lilies. The growth of game preserv- 

 ing in the United States has been truly marvellous in 

 the past few years. It is well that it should be so, 



