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ments in our own country, and of these, that known 

 as Yellowstone Park, situated in the State of 

 Wyoming, U.S.A., amidst the Kocky Mountains, 

 and wherein bears, moose, bison, deer, mountain- 

 sheep or big-horn, antelopes, pumas, beavers, 

 porcupines, squirrels, foxes of various kinds, prairie 

 wolves or coyotes, wolverines or gluttons, skunks, 

 badgers, and many other animals find a home, 

 covers an area of over two million acres of territory ; 

 while to ride around its boundaries would necessitate 

 a journey of about two hundred miles. In this 

 haven of refuge the lif e of all wild animals, provided 

 they do not prove a danger to the community, is 

 preserved with the utmost rigour of the law, and 

 no shooting or trapping is allowed within its 

 precincts, with the consequent result that the 

 creatures become exceedingly tame. During the 

 winter months the antelopes and deer are provided 

 with a supply of hay upon which to feed, and it is 

 surprising to note how these normally timid beasts 

 have lost their fear of man and, as a matter of 

 course, accept the provender from the keepers who 

 administer to their needs. The black bears and 

 grizzly bears have become even more bold and 

 confiding than the foregoing, and do not hesitate 

 to approach quite close to the various hotels which 

 are situated in the Park in order to search amongst 

 the garbage heaps for such items as discarded 

 jam-jars, meat -tins, etc., and to feed upon any 

 remains that may happen to be left within. Indeed, 

 they will sometimes go so far as to enter the portala 

 of the hotels in their quest for food, and it is recorded 



