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I\Ir. Call Walters and Mr. Gene Walker of the Fish and Game Depart- 

 ment have taken a very keen interest and have made a trip to the corral every 

 day since the elk arrived. 



A later report upon the successful adaptation of the herd to its new 

 habitat was provided by Assistant Executive Officer A. E. Burghduff 

 on November 10, when he wrote as follows: "I saw this band of elk 

 this week and the entire shipment is looking tine except for one crippled 

 bull elk tliat died because of its injury." Evidently, the old bull that 

 was injured prior to shipping and probably should not have been trans- 

 ferred, died of his wounds. The j-emaining elk, consisting of the fol- 

 lowing animals, then comprise the nucleus of the Owens Valley herd : 

 6 bulls, 11 cows, 3 yearlings and 6 calves; a total of 26 animals made 

 11 11 of what is thought to be an excellent proportion of sexes. 



Fig. 14. Tule elk in temporary holding corral on Owens River near Aberdeen, Cal. 



October 12, 1933. 



Beside the individuals and agencies previously mentioned in tliis 

 paper as being concerned directly or indirectly with the elk transfer, 

 especial mention should be made of G. W. Dow's unfailing interest 

 and work in its consummation. It would be impossible to give Dow 

 too much praise and credit for his trouble and labor in this regard. 



The antlior ]irepared this paper at the request of Executive Officer 

 Parley and with Superintendent of Yosemite National Park Thomson's 

 approval. Supt. Thomson kindly furnished correspondence that was 

 helpful in preparing the article and the photographs which are here 

 used for illustrations. A visit to Yosemite Park was necessary to secure 

 further data and it is a pleasure for the writer to acknowledge the help 

 and cooperation afforded him at that time by Chief Ranger Townsley, 

 Park Naturalist C. A. Harwell and Assistant Park Naturalists Beatty 

 and Borell. Harwell informed us that he had in the course of prepara- 

 tion a paper on the habits of the Yosemite elk herd. On account of the 



