In Wildest Africa -^ 



from North America in which he was informed that on 

 ground over which the New York of to-day extends, one 

 could shoot in a single day hundreds of woodcock. I 

 myself, in my young days, used to take care of a beautifully 

 coloured parrot, of a kind that since then has been almost 

 extirpated, and is hardly to be obtained any longer. 

 Connurus carolinensis is the name of this beautiful species 

 of parrot, which also appears on the list of extinct animals 

 of North America. There, too, men have begun to give 

 strong practical expression to the movement for animal 

 protection. In sanctuaries like Yellowstone Park there 

 is complete protection for all animal life, including beasts 

 of prey, and the bears have become so tame that they 

 allow visitors to come within a few paces of them. 

 Count E. Bernstorff, who received permission to shoot 

 one of the few bisons still preserved in the State of 

 Wyoming, says : '' One might take the way in which the 

 animal life of America is protected as an example in 

 securing still better preservation for the survivors of the 

 primeval wild life of Africa. One must acknowledge that 

 the Americans and their noble President, a brave sports- 

 man, are now doing all that is possible in this matter." 



President Roosevelt, in fact, has come forward manfully 

 in the lists as a champion of widely extended protection 

 for all the beauties of nature, and especially of the animal 

 world. He endeavours by his words and writings to 

 work effectually for these great and noble ideas, which 

 bring to all men delight, profit, and contentment.^ 



^ See, amongst other writings of his. Outdoor Fastimes, by Theodore 

 Roosevelt. 



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