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ernment, and is the last refuge of the buffalo 

 in this country, besides being the chief home 

 of the elk and of many other wild beasts. 

 This is the most striking and typical of all 

 these reserves, and has been thought well 

 worth special description in the present vol- 

 ume, with reference to its effects upon the 

 preservation of game. 



The enactment of laws prohibiting the 

 killing of game anywhere, save at certain 

 seasons and under certain conditions, must 

 be left largely to the States themselves ; and 

 among the States there is the widest pos- 

 sible difference both as to the laws and as 

 to the way they are enforced. It is enforce- 

 ment which needs most attention. Very many 

 of the States have good game laws, but in 

 very few are they rigidly enforced. Maine 

 offers a striking instance of how well they 

 work when properly framed and adminis- 

 tered with honesty and efficiency. There 

 are undoubtedly many more moose, caribou, 

 and deer in Maine now than there were 



