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form his noteworthy collection of photographs of game, 

 and of other wild creatures, and his numerous field notes 

 thereon, he will render a real and great service to all 

 lovers of nature. 



The most exciting and interesting hunting book that 

 has recently appeared deals with African big game. 

 Many thrilling adventures with lions have been recorded 

 since the days when the Assyrian kings engraved on stone 

 their exploits in the chase; but the best lion stories that 

 have ever been written are those in Colonel Patterson's 

 " Maneaters of Tsavo." 



It is now (January, 1908) nearly five years since my 

 last trip to the Yellowstone Park. General Samuel 

 Young, who is now in charge of the park, informs me 

 that on the whole the game and the wild creatures gen- 

 erally in the park have increased during this period. The 

 antelope he reports as being certainly three times as 

 numerous as they were ten years ago, and nearly twice 

 as numerous as when I was out there. In the town of 

 Gardiner they graze freely in the streets; not only the 

 inhabitants but even the dogs recognizing them as friends. 

 Their chief foes are the coyotes. Last October four full- 

 grown antelope were killed by coyotes on the Gardiner 

 and Yellowstone flats, and many fawns were destroyed by 

 them during the season. Practically all of the antelope 

 in the park herd on the Gardiner flat and round about 

 during the winter, and during the present winter there 

 is a good supply of hay on this flat, which is being used 

 to feed the antelope, mountain sheep, deer and elk. The 

 sheep are increasing in numbers. Probably about two 



