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A PROPOSED SANCTUARY. 

 Professor Morton J. Elrod, of the Depart- 

 ment of Biology of the University of Mon- 

 tana, is a devoted friend of game protection, 

 and he has made a careful study of the con- 

 ditions necessary to the preservation of the 



our lunch on the treeless range, cooking our meal 

 in a smart spring shower, which left the sky clear 

 and beautiful. We had over 250, by actual count, 

 within a mile of us. Of these not more than 

 perhaps 25 were not full-blooded animals. Be- 

 sides these, on another part of the reserve, is 

 another part of the herd numbering over a hundred, 

 the greater part of which are not full-blooded. 



PROFESSOR MORTON J. ELROD S PROPOSED BUFFALO RESERVE. 



Pablo-Allard herd. The observations and the 

 deductions made therefrom by a trained sci- 

 entist should carry much weight. A reserva- 

 tion must be chosen that will suit the require- 

 ments of the buffalo, and it must be one suffi- 

 ciently remote from civilization to insure the 

 protection of the animals without too heavy 

 expense. We commend the following letters 

 to the attention of our readers : 



Dear Friend Beard: — About the time you were 

 writing your two letters, I was on the reservation 

 taking in the scenery and looking after the buffalo 

 herd. I spent a day among the animals. We ate 



It is very safe to say that there are from 250 to 

 300 full-blooded animals, besides the others. We 

 had a good chance to study them, and got several 

 fine photographs of them in their haunts. I was 

 in company with one of our photographers from 

 town, and was very glad of a chance to see them, 

 as I have feared they would soon go. 



I enclose a map of the region, the best I can 

 secure here, with a suggestion or two for the 

 range, if the herd is purchased by the government. 

 The first plan calls for a range twelve miles long 

 and eight miles wide. The second calls for two 

 miles more in length. This may be considered too 

 much. It embraces about one-twentv-fifth of the 

 entire reserve, and will cause a wail from those 

 who expect to make something when the reserve 

 is thrown open. Bu/ this scheme will take in 



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