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origin of this National Park, we would put the matter under the 
superintendence of its accomplished Director, Mr. W. T. Horna- 
day, to whom our mutual friend, the buffalo (what remains of 
him) owes so much, to organize such a register for the regen- 
eration of the bison, with such help as the Government could 
supply that would be necessary. 
Such a register should have entered therein, in systematic 
manner, and with such full details as could be obtained, the his- 
tory of each remaining herd and each male and female individ- 
ually composing it. An inspector of the herds might be advantage- 
ously appointed to collect such matter on the spot. The initial - 
entries at least should be free of charge; and such points as the 
following might be recorded : 
I. Location of herd. 
2. As near as possible, age, place of birth, or capture, of the 
original members of the herd. 
3. Affidavit of purity. 
4. For each younger member of the herd, sire and dam 
grandsire and granddam, if necessary. 
5. Description, according to a schedule of details, with pho- 
tographs if possible. 
6. Nomenclature to be governed by the proverb that “ brevity 
is the soul of wit,” that is, each individual entry to be named ; the 
name to be short and of one word. Indian names would be most 
appropriate, or such short names as have a direct connection with 
the subject. 
7. Pedigree to rank through the side of the dam, which es- 
tablishes the best means of afterwards tracing each succeeding 
entry, especially of sires. 
8. As an appendix, a bibliography of the subject would be 
useful. 
Such a register would make a handsome and highly interest- 
ing volume. Distributed among the breeders, they, sending in 
constant, periodical reports, would become generally and specially 
bound together in one great united experiment. From this inter- 
Course and correspondence of the whole, judicious interchanges 
could he continuously made from time to time, and the process 
