Preface 



Roosevelt's account of what may be seen there is 

 so convincing that all who read it, and appreciate 

 the importance of preserving our large mammals, 

 must become advocates of the forest reserve game 

 refuge system. 



Quite as interesting, in a different way, is Mr. 

 Brown's contribution to the definition and the his- 

 tory of our larger North American mammals. To 

 characterize these creatures in language "under- 

 standed of the people" is not easy, but Mr. Brown 

 has made clear the zoological affinities of the 

 species, and has pointed out their probable origin. 



This is the fourth of the Boone and Crockett 

 Club's books, and the first to be signed by a single 

 member of the editorial committee, one name 

 which usually appears on the title page having 

 been omitted for obvious reasons. The preceding 

 volume Trail and Camp Fire was published in 

 1897. 



GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. 



NEW YORK, April 2, 1904. 



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