To summarize, the writer found practically all the buf- 

 faloes visited looking well and contented, and as far as 

 could be judged from external appearances, in excellent 

 health. By the majority of the private owners, however, 

 they are regarded as salable property, and like other 

 salable property, they are disposed of from time to time to 

 almost anj^one who cares to buy them, regardless of the 

 purpose for which they are bought. For this reason, every 

 effort should be made to place as many as j)ossible of these 

 splendid animals in the hands of the federal government, 

 for permanent preservation and increase. 



In closing, the Secretary wishes to express his thanks 

 to the many people who in one way or another assisted him 

 in the work of inspecting and photographing the buffalo 

 herds visited in the interest of the Society. 



And while thanks are in order, the writer wishes to ex- 

 press his appreciation of the services rendered to this cause 

 by Austin Corbin and the Blue Mountain Forest Associa- 

 tion of which Mr. Corbin is the president. Since the be- 

 ginning of this movement, Mr. Corbin, and indeed every 

 member of the Association, has generously helped to fur- 

 ther it. For the carrying out of experiments, and for use 

 in exhibitions calculated to create interest in this campaign, 

 the splendid buffalo herd at Newport, N. H., has ever been 

 at the Society's disposal. 



Ernest Harold Baynes. 



Since the above report was written, John E. Dooly has 

 formally presented his pair of buffaloes in the following 

 letter : — 



Salt Lake City, Utah, March 6, 1909. 

 Ernest Harold Baynes, Esq., 

 Hotel Havlin, 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 My Dear Mr. Baynes : — 



Agreeable to your request, I beg to state that it will 

 afford me pleasure to present to the American Bison So- 

 ciety, one pair of young buffalo for the purpose of stocking 

 the National Government Reservation, same to be deliv- 

 ered at the Buffalo Corrals, on Antelope Island. 

 Respectfully, 



John E. Dooly. 



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