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no mingling- of the animals of the new herd with those of the old, 

 and, as I have pointed out before, the floor and pond of the elk 

 range must be most thoroughly gone over before it will be safe 

 to place the healthy stock in this pasture. 



I would also like to suggest that from time to time new bulls 

 from other herds be secured, perhaps by exchange, so that the 

 well-recognized bad effects of too great inbreeding may, in so 

 far as practicable, be obviated. 



BUFFALO HERD. 



I do not wish to add anything in regard to this herd other 

 than the opinion given in a previous report in which I advised 

 against the continuance of the present grass ranges. 



HOSPITAL. 



Observations which Dr. Blair has been conducting have, we 

 believe, shown the practicability of a building designed in part 

 for a quarantine station at which all incoming animals may be 

 received and kept under observation for a sufficient period of time, 

 and for a hospital in which sick and injured animals may be 

 confined for observation or treatment. This building should be 

 so constructed that different temperatures may be maintained 

 in various wards for the various species of animals. Arrange- 

 ment for water, light, and air should be ample, and a special pro- 

 vision should be made for a properly equipped operating room 

 and surgical ward. Arrangements should be made in the same 

 building for the laboratory with the dead house adjoining and 

 for a pathological museum. 



I sincerely hope that if the construction of such a building be 

 undertaken, that the Board will remember that a building and a 

 name do not make a hospital, and that the general experience in 

 human medicine has been that the opinions of architects solely 

 are far from the best when the question of medical utility is to be 

 considered. 



LIBRARY. 



My report would not seem familiar to you, did I not again 

 ask for an appropriation for the purchase of a few books each 

 year, dealing with the subjects which bear directly on the work 

 at the Park. 



