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herd. The Elk, which bred to a limited extent on Mr. Corbin's 

 Long Island estate, have found their mountainous New Hamp- 

 shire home more to their liking, and have already increased 

 50 per cent. Next to the Elk, the most accurate count has been 

 kept of the Moose, which, unlike their gregarious brethren, go in 

 pairs during the rutting season. It was at first feared that these 

 unusually retiring animals would not breed in the park, but it 

 was subsequently ascertained that six of the cows were with calf. 

 There are upwards of sixty Moose in the park, and they make a 

 much wider range in travelling than the Elk (or Wapiti), which 

 keep pretty well to one locality where there is considerable brush 

 and small growth, and no doubt abundant feed. 



The agent who was instrumental in securing for Mr. Corbin 

 the first denizens of the park, has the head of a particularly fine 

 Moose in his possession. The unmounted head weighed 800 lbs. 

 and the horns, which show eleven points, have a span of about 

 five feet. This head was bought of an Indian in Mattawa, and is 

 said to be the last green head taken out of Ontario previous to 

 the passing of the law forbidding the killing of Moose. 



To come back to figures, the Wild Boars, imported from 

 Germany in September, have been frequently seen. They have 

 evidently gained by natural increase, and must be quick travellers, 

 as three or four herds have been reported in different localities at 

 nearly the same time by the gamekeepers. The old boars have 

 grown considerably, and are wonderfully fleet of foot, for, unlike 

 the domestic hog, they do not fatten. As far as can be ascer- 

 tained, all the other animals, including the several species of 

 Deer, have multiplied considerably, and their change of habitat, 

 and the fact that the big fence occasionally checks their extended 

 wanderings, does not seem to cast any blight on the even tenor 

 of their lives. 



Included in the park are two ponds of twenty and thirty acres 

 respectively, and probably 100 miles of streams. The ponds 

 were cleaned out in 1890, and many eels and other fish destroyed, 

 and now the ponds and streams are all stocked with trout. 



While in London Mr. Corbin purchased 20,000 hawthorn 

 trees. Four thousand of these were planted in the spring. They 

 are for the purpose of forming a hedge strong enough to prevent 

 the Buffalo and other large animals from getting out. This tree, 

 of which there are two varieties, the white and black, is used 



