ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



In the preparation of this book I have been encouraged 

 by the assistance, so willingly given, of many of my col- 

 leagues and friends who have furnished data or have other- 

 wise helped me in my endeavour to make the volume both 

 accurate and informative. It would be impossible to men- 

 tion every one to whom I am indebted for assistance, but 

 I should like to express here my grateful appreciation of 

 the assistance of the following: Many of my colleagues 

 in the government service, particularly Mr. James White, 

 Assistant to Chairman, Commission of Conservation; Mr. 

 J. B. Harkin, Conmiissioner of Dominion Parks, and Doc- 

 tor R. M. Anderson and other members of the staff of the 

 Geological Survey; the officers in charge of the game-pro- 

 tective service of the various provinces, and Mr. F. Ker- 

 mode. Director of the Provincial Museum, Victoria, B. C; 

 Doctor Henry Fairfield Osborn, President of the American 

 Museum of Natural History; Mr. E. W. Nelson, Chief of 

 the United States Biological Survey; Doctor W. T. Horna- 

 day, Director of the New York Zoological Gardens, the 

 staunch defender of the wild life of this continent, who 

 has been a constant source of help and encouragement; 

 Mr. Charles Sheldon; and many others. The courtesy of 

 Rudyard Kipling, in giving permission to use the quotation 

 from his poem, ''The Feet of the Young Men," is hereby 

 acknowledged. 



C. G. H. 



