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leave the dusty roads and noisy stages, and 

 travel by pack-train the unfrequented trails 

 into the secluded portions of the Park. Few 

 care to take this trouble, as the rules, rigidly 

 enforced, prevent the trying of their skill 

 with the rifle, when they meet the objects 

 of their search. For game protection scouts, 

 foresters, and gamekeepers are required. 

 These could not well be supplied, except at 

 great expense, were it not that the natural 

 wonders of the region, which each season at- 

 tracts such large crowds, demand for the 

 maintenance of peace and order that United 

 States troops be stationed there for the pro- 

 tection of the Park, and the observance of 

 the necessary rules and regulations. All the 

 large game animals of the northern Rocky 

 Mountains are known in the Park except 

 the white goat (Mazama montanci) and the 

 caribou {Rangifer tarandus), and it seems 

 probable that the former, if introduced, 

 would remain, as their favorite haunts, 

 mountain fastnesses, are not unlike the Ab- 

 sarokas. Elk, moose, deer, antelope, moun- 

 tain sheep, buffalo, and bears are found. 

 Of all the game, elk most abound, roaming 



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