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two after their arrival. Nine were as well and frisky as when in 

 their native forests. 



The Buffalo in this park came originally from Montana, but 

 were purchased of a Minnesota man. The Moose, Elk, and 

 Caribou came from Minnesota also, and were captured along the 

 Canadian border. 



Among the interesting experiences in the transportation 

 of the animals for this park may be mentioned these : Moose 

 have been carried 2000 miles in four days without apparent 

 injury. The last consignment included sixteen Moose, three 

 Deer, and one Caribou. All arrived in good condition, but 

 eight Moose died afterwards, because, it is thought, of the change 

 in their diet, or water, or both. On one occasion, when thirty 

 Deer were en route, a collision with another train killed twenty- 

 two of them outright, and four more died afterwards. 



It is noticed that the largest Deer most easily succumb to 

 railroad travel. None of the animals ever eat or sleep while the 

 car is in motion. On a side track they will eat a little. There 

 seems to be more danger of their suffering from heat in a box- 

 car than from cold, but the worst trouble is in the jerking to and 

 fro of the car when the train is stopping or starting. They are 

 fed on barley, corn, bran, and hay. In the woods they are 

 expected to live as they would naturally do, but places are 

 established where food is left for them, so that none shall lack. 



Beginning with a few pet Deer in a paddock, the Corbins now 

 have a private zoological park, where, if at any such place in 

 the world, the animals in it may be seen and studied under the 

 most natural conditions. His outlay up to the completion of the 

 park is not far from 400,000 dols. 



Since the foregoing was written we have obtained the 

 following information, chiefly in relation to the breeding of the 

 animals in their new environment, it can hardly be called captivity 

 when we consider that they are at liberty to wander over 28,000 

 acres of woodland, hill, and valley. 



In respect of breeding, the park has proved a great success. 

 All the animals have taken kindly to their new surroundings, and 

 their numbers are being materially increased by births. Of the 

 twenty-two Buffalo which were turned out about a year ago, eight 

 of the cows proved in calf, and two young have been added to the 



