The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-25

ows very often. They arc arparrntly wilder
n wis ,sS Fl q s rinS;,mrn nj ,h All i Htne an hny one hui Tn mo-
I,aai 4 l"ai Of it When Ie tried to Photograph
The pigs. have become absolutely wild.
Young Corhin says they live on the mountain
in the woods all the time. and are rarely seen.
although the places We're they have rooted up
the soil are found at eycr,nrn: u. .,,,,
rho deer. ton, nre for tn. most part Wild:
denizens, Of the Babylon farm they keep out Of
The buffalo COWS dropped ten calves in April.
hut two were killed by the bulls. it i Thought.
The ciEht caves arc now Jnst hnS.nTInG to
s"sn in Xew H%mpshir;; 4 moro Sro,ssam"
M" Iii pt If" sn Il 1"" s %4ou Us Haf forti 1 4"i'v Young in
thG mGnth Of AnI;l; Thee is snGw h on the
climate i. Just suited TO tho animals never
th,l"ss. for ,rvery little one. save IN" two
increase Of elk. d '"r. and pigs was therefor"
something rrmar;allc- 81 great. in fact. as to
make it aprear certain that IN" PARK VIII. be-
1t will become necessary. to dispose OF some
Of them every year. This suggests tn
lie sufficient t" pay the running expenses OF
Will. the bird shooting: In the park is OK.
by tho nra-ts. of which the fox and the cat are
"hiat. Tn" worst Of thesc tw" IS til" house eat
about the Old farms when t.,o tract was va
Gated. aud they were left behind in most rlse..
M Mos'h. and !" the the : strain ii Of d dnyiltry that had lam
almost dormant in their veins, during many
generations asserted itself. They, XIII Tor fun
as Well. as for food. Thy are as shy as q bear
and as icrocious as a hungry wolf. The kerr-
ets have orders to Kill every one seen. hut 4, is
u rare occasion when a shot i. had 1T one. Tho
tnyas n RI. much mora Frequently Killed, though
to nudge by the signs they are l"s> numerous.
As tn" reader has Inferred from what has
only in its srring,ine bloom. 1t has been in
rNi,tenc" only long enough to demonstrate
fully. and give. Excellent ornortnnityt e study
their habits. in II comparatively wild, state.
other animals arc vet. t. b" added. Although
i'.. procnrGi. because il Is b~clicvnI that tho
ones that died contracted the fatal dlscaS" OF
consumnti"n on the farm on Long Island.
There il every reason to suppose. that .Blue
Mountain Forest is Admirably adapted for
them. The antelope houri1lir. in and around
ty the thousand in Jackson's Hole, u valley
5000 feet above tho s"a. lu>t south. OF that
numerous trees in jackson's Hole. and both Of
these are found anundnatly III Blue Mountain
Forest. There ar" wide. dry mcndows. moist
Clades. and sbeltcring groves. To the eye it
Is an ideal home for antelope.
.n 1t sr",ns G~r,ain. too tn hit TIE nSur mIun nars
s snSIf t naT 1 T." o S%"i MI.'3 rh h.s% "%Hn,sh " "neS
ranged from British Columbia to the peaks Of
southern California. bat are now Sr"Wn SO
because OF their HABITS and the ior:iti"n OF
their homes Hmon. all but inarc"ssihl" crhEs.
they are even u. g!cat"r natural ,'n'inNlty.
They can he found in scattered bunrl"~ !ntha
Funeral. tho Sawt"otl,. the Wind Eirrr. and
the Sangre do Christie Mountains. and accord
ing to Mr.. Julian Ralph. II good authority in
this matter. in considerable number in the
CAscad" l;ungr. II Nj. In:hin succeeds in OBJ
tanning r"rkHof tnc;s" animals, he WI nnt only
become distinguished as the solo owner Of
animals Of III" Kind. hut will render real ser
prculiuri'ics may Lu "iscrvci and the races
preserved from extinction.
quite Ms interesting II project ms this Is tho
tho forest. The spot in ia" lower corner Of
tho map marked "sunkcn lands l., simply an
old honver meadow. No beavers have n".l
seen thrr" probably since the days when John
stark wont trapping around tho upper triDu-