American Big-Game Hunting 



necessity for game-preservation, if it is de- 

 sired to protect our larger animals from ex- 

 termination, is apparent. 



At the time the Yellowstone Park was set 

 aside, the country was almost a terra incog- 

 nita ; its boundaries were ill defined. Since 

 then it has become famous throughout the 

 world, and is annually visited by thousands 

 of people, attracted there by many scientific 

 and scenic features. Gradually its impor- 

 tance became known, both as a national forest 

 reservation and as a natural storag^e reser- 

 voir, which, if properly protected, will supply 

 through broad rivers the arid regions below 

 with much-needed waters. Its fitness for a 

 grand national game reservation soon became 

 manifest to a few people familiar with the far 

 West, and with the disappearance elsewhere 

 of our large Rocky Mountain animals. The 

 necessity for rules against the shooting of 

 any and all animals was early recognized, 

 and for several years such rules have been 

 strictly enforced with beneficial results. 



In recent years, with a better understand- 

 ing of the country, its timber, water supply, 

 the picturesqueness of its scenery, and its 



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