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DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 



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SKETCHES MADE BY THE AUTHOR ON fLATiliiAD 

 RESERVATION 



we lost the last herd of grand, historic and noble 

 American bison. 



Here was a living herd of American bison large 

 enough to increase without the danger of degenerat- 

 ing from too close interbreeding, located in a fertile 

 valley apparently just suited to their needs, and 

 we have allowed it, the last real herd of buffalo in 



