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would be difficult and I would rather prefer a Trust, a Society under 

 Royal Charter or a Public Utility Society. However, as I do not think 

 that a National Park devoted to the preservation of indigenous animals is 

 a practical possibility in England the matter is of no importance. 



As regards facilities for the public to see the Park and the animals, one 

 would of course wish that these should be as comprehensive as possible, 

 but naturally certain restrictions would be necessary. As in a deer forest 

 there must be a considerable area well in the middle of the Park preserved 

 as a strict sanctuary to which no one must be allowed access. Once a year 

 probably it would be necessary to ' move ' the sanctuary or it would tend 

 to get over-stocked with deer, but the ' moving ' should be done very 

 quietly, just a few men walking in line through the sanctuary with the 

 wind, so as to move the deer over the march — no more than this or the 

 deer would be unduly disturbed and the other beasts as well. 



There should be rough paths about the Park and it should be possible to 

 overlook the sanctuary and study the place with a glass. For a short time 

 in the year it would be necessary to close the Park to the public in order 

 that the surplus stock can be kept down. It would be impossible to allow 

 people to wander about if rifles were being used. But this would not need 

 to be long — perhaps a fortnight in October to destroy superfluous stags. 

 As hinds are not shot till late in December, there would be no difficulty 

 about closing the Park then. 



There should be convenient camping places, but near the roads and on 

 no account in the middle of the Park — a hotel would be needed and good 

 roads leading to various points in the Park, as it would be impossible to see 

 it all from one base. 



As the object of the Park would be to interest the public in fauna pre- 

 servation, I should like to see a small zoo attached to the hotel containing 

 paddocks where the beasts preserved wild in the park could be seen close 

 at hand. People are much more likely to see things at a distance and 

 through a glass if they know what they look like. Lastly, it should be 

 remembered that the Park is for the animals as well as for the pubhc, and 

 all behaviour likely to disturb the beasts must be vigorously suppressed. 



The views I have ventured to express are my own and I take all responsi- 

 bility for them. My objects in advocating this scheme are the presentation 

 of such of our fauna as still exists in comfort and in a natural and wild 

 state : perhaps the re-introduction of certain harmless extinct species and 

 their preservation in a feral state, and lastly the education and amusement 

 of the public. 



Mr. N. B. KiNNEAR and Dr. D. H. Valentine. — WickenFen, and what the 

 National Trust has done for East Anglia. 



Mr. N. B. KiNNEAR. 



Few parts of England have so many places of historical interest, beautiful 

 old houses and such varied country as East Anglia. Unfortunately the 

 National Trust owns very little property in either Norfolk or SuflFolk, 

 indeed in the latter county it can only claim one small place, namely, 

 Kyson Hill, a haunt of Edward Fitzgerald's near Woodbridge, presented by 

 Mr. R. O. Norcott in 1934. 



In Norfolk the position is better, and there, four properties are held by 

 the Trust. Between Fakenham and Holt is Bulfer Grove, a woodland area 

 of about eight acres. At West Runton there is a valuable stretch of some 



