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an area of twenty square miles. For this purpose 

 the Government of the United States made a 

 grant of 8,000, of which 6,000 was set aside for 

 the purchase of the ground from the Indians, and 

 the remaining 2,000 for the erection of the fences ; 

 while the Bison Society undertook to supply the 

 animals. 



Other notable animal sanctuaries in the United 

 States of America are the Grand Canyon National 

 Park, which covers an area of two million acres 

 of ground ; the Mount Olympus National Monument 

 in Washington, consisting of half a million acres, 

 and wherein a herd of about twelve hundred 

 wapiti deer (or elk, as they are frequently called in 

 that country) roam at large ; the Superior Game 

 and Forest Preserve, consisting of one million 

 acres of territory ; and also several smaller ones. 



In Canada there are two well-known bison reserves 

 known respectively as Elk Island Park, and Buffalo 

 Park, both of which are situated in the State of 

 Alberta. The former was established in the year 

 1906, and comprises an area of 10,240 acres ; and 

 the latter had its origin in the year 1908, and covers 

 101,760 acres of territory. The first bison to 

 populate the Elk Island Park numbered 628 head, 

 and were the descendants of a small stock of 36 

 individuals, brought together in the year 1884, 

 and owned by Mr. Pablo. In regard to the Buffalo 

 Park sanctuary, Mr. Shepstone, to whom the 

 writer is indebted for much of the foregoing and 

 subsequent information, states : ' About a hundred 

 thousand acres of this reserve have been enclosed 



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