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liberty in the domain! A small herd is now in a thriving 
condition in the open park at Woburn Abbey. Reference 
has already been made to the eland, which may now be 
said to be thoroughly acclimatised in several French parks. 
There it apparently thrives without any winter shelter ; but 
it would seem that this is an absolute necessity in England. 
All the above-named species of deer and antelopes have 
flesh of excellent quality; but for the most part, at any 
rate, their introduction into European parks must be re- 
garded as a luxury, or for the sake of the sport they might 
afford, rather than as a commercial experiment. 
The African sing-sing water-buck is likewise an antelope 
which appears to take kindly to wild life in Europe. It 
has bred for many successive years in Paris, and likewise 
flourishes in the park at Woburn. Other species of ante- 
lopes, as well as gazelles, might be mentioned, which there 
is good reason to believe would thrive in Europe; and it 
may be added that among the deer the Siberian roe, which 
is a much larger and finer animal than its European relative, 
is already established in the Bedfordshire woods. 
Both the American and the European bison would almost 
certainly thrive in the parks of Western Europe, if the number 
of individuals introduced at first starting were sufficiently 
large; and herds of the former animal are now flourishing 
both in Bedfordshire and Northumberland. But the fierce 
disposition of these huge animals will almost certainly be a 
bar to their general introduction, in spite of the circumstance 
that “ buffalo-robes” have a high commercial value. 
Finally, as regards kangaroos and wallabies, numerous 
experiments have demonstrated that these animals, under 
certain conditions, are admirably adapted to thrive in most 
parts of Europe. By reason of their strange form and 
bizarre postures, they make attractive objects in a park, 
