THE ROOSEVELT AFRICAN TROPHIES 



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TANNED HIDE OF THE HEAD OE ONE OE THE ELEPHANTS SHOT BY MR. ROOSEVELT 



EOR THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



As the scientists could not find a "cask" large enough to contain an elephant's hide, they 

 shipped it in five pieces. This is one of them. Although they scraped off as much from the 

 inside of the skin as they could before shipping, this hide weighed 858 pounds when it 

 arrived. These hides vary in thickness from three-eighths to one inch and are a tough propo- 

 sition for the tanner. Photo from Crosby Frisian Fur Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



OUR EOREST RESERVES NEED MORE TRAILS, 

 EIRE LINES, LOOKOUT STATIONS 

 AND EQUIPMENT 



The first necessity in organizing a 

 forest for protection from fire is to con- 

 struct roads and trails in order that the 

 different parts of the forest may be 

 accessible both for patrol and for the 

 mobilization of fire fighters. A forest in 

 which there are inadequate means of 

 communication cannot be fully protected 



under any conditions. Without trails it 

 is impossible properly to patrol the 

 forest ; and, in case a fire is discovered, 

 it cannot be attacked if there are no 

 means of transporting quickly to it men 

 and fire-fighting equipment. The roads 

 and trails serve also as an aid in attack- 

 ing fires. The work of constructing 

 roads and trails has been pushed as fast 

 as available funds permitted. There 

 have been so far built about 5,500 miles 



