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feet perpendicularly, great waterfalls, glaciers, forests, 

 and all that go to make bold and unique scenery can 

 be reached best over ordinary horse trails. It would be 

 exceedingly difficult to construct wagon roads through 

 the greater portion of the park. There will be a railroad 

 immediately to the west of it. There is one to the south 

 of it now. There will be one or two entrances from each 

 of these roads, and at these respective entrances persons, 

 I suppose, will in the future be able to obtain pack animals 

 and saddle horses with which to make tours of inspection 

 through that rugged and wonderful country. 



The Canadian government has in contemplation the 

 addition of a like area to the north of the line, this being 

 with a view to providing a refuge for the wild game 

 which now abounds, but which will not long continue in 

 that open and unprotected region. 



I think this park contains the last distinct habitat of 

 the mountain sheep within the limits of the United States. 

 A senator who has visited the place recently spoke of 

 ascending one of the pinnacles or cliffs and observing the 

 mountain sheep going down to an ancient lick, where salt 

 oozed out of the side of the cliff. He said that these 

 sheep had been traveling down that mountain cliff until 

 they had worn pathways through the solid rock along 

 the trail, and that sometimes these gashes in the rocks 

 reached as deep as two feet. Through all the centuries 

 those interesting animals have been visiting that spot. It 

 is surely desirable that this last retreat of this rare class 

 of animals should be preserved in some manner from 

 invasion, so as to avert extermination. 



Mountain goats abound there also; and it is believed 

 that it would be well to set apart this limited patch of 

 ground in all the vast extent of the Rocky Mountains 

 where these animals can repair in peace to abide and 

 propagate their kind and prevent the extinction of that 

 species. 



Congress will not be extravagant, Mr. President, in 

 making appropriations for building trails, but Congress 



