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volver were much easier to handle on a running horse, 

 and hence the better weapons for the run. In still- 

 hunting a heavy repeating rifle was desirable, since 

 some of the shots presented were at long range. Colo- 

 nel Dodge says: "A bull eighteen months old has 

 been bagged in my presence with a single charge of 

 No. 4 shot. There is a record also of an old hunter 

 bagging seven antelope and a fine dog with one dis- 

 charge of a huge weapon which he called a shot-gun." 

 Such shots were, however, quite unusual. 



The Blue Mountain Forest Association was formed 

 and incorporated by the late Austin Corbin with the 

 idea of keeping his great game preserve in New Hamp- 

 shire in his family — " a difficult thing to do in this 

 country, where law and sentiment both are opposed to 

 any form of entailment." The association is composed 

 of members of Mr. Corbin's family only. The Blue 

 Mountain Forest Game Club has certain shooting 

 rights for a term of years. 



The fine herd of buffaloes, already referred to, is the 

 largest herd in captivity. These animals are the prop- 

 erty of the association and are not shot for sport. The 

 association has recently exchanged some bulls with 

 the Canadian Rocky Mountain Park. Our national 

 government would do well to make similar exchanges 

 to prevent too close in-breeding. The small national 

 herd might well be largely increased by purchase from 

 the association. 



Mr. Edgell, to whom I am indebted for the pictures 

 of the bison, told me recently that the animals were 

 thriving on the Corbin preserve and showed a satis- 

 factory increase. He and one of the keepers were 



