The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-16


lies near the entcrprislng borough Of |
Newport on the Concord and Clare |
mont branch Of the Boston and Maine T.
railroad. II is said 10 be the biggest
game park 10 the world. except the
one owned by the Duke OF sutherland
In Scotland. and one or two royal
demesnea on the continent OF course,
In making comparisons one must ox-
clude those immense public preserves.
as biz as provinces. whore the British
government Of India seeks 10 save the
elephant from extinction. and our own
national parks In the west
The name OF Blue Mountain attaches
TO the entire spur OF hills which BIZ
sects the park. while Croydon desig-
mates its highest shoulder rising 10 the
| height OF nearly three thousand feet.
Tho steep aud densely wooded heights
of Croydon. curying like a hump,
break the skyline in the shape Of
camcl's back. near by a skirting canon
opens a carriage route across the noun
tain. In characteristics Il belongs
rather 10 the Green Mountain than 10
the White Mountain range, though Il
seems disconnected from both The
verdure Of an immense forest Of spruce.
Dr.. hemlock. pine. birch. beech. and ma
pie iniolds II TO the very crest. with
here and there a brown patch of.clear-
ing. The greater part Of the Corbln
Enclosure consists Of abandoned farms,
many Of them already beginning TO
bristle with sapllngs. for the woods
are on the march. Dismantled houses
with windows and doors gaping like
holes 10 a skull. ramshacklc barns rot-
ten and weather-s,ainsd. the wreck Of
stone fences thlck-set with brambles-
these meet the eye al every turn.
The general outline OF the park D.
that Of an ellipse with respective diam
cters Of about four and a half aud
eleven miles. and the surface Is cut
diagonally by a backbone Of mountain
running northeast The lover slopes
and the meadow-lcyels are diversified
with brooks and swamp land. while *
tenslyc groves OF second growth pro.
iusely dot the surface % On In these
that the Wild swine. the prosecutors a
which FLASHED their tusks against the
boar-spoars OF medieval kings and
harons. root and propagate their Kind
with a fecundity which o. a marvel "a
the keepers.
one can scarcely grasp the higncss OF
the park by figures Bat let tho reader
fancy a dCmesno considerably more
than double The size OF Boston and al
its suburbs. thirty times the arca Of
Central Park. New York almost ten
times bigger than Paramount Park
, Philadelphia. OF fourteen times th,
acreage OF the whole Iark system OF
Chicago. Roads many OF them thor
ourhfaroa az days gone hy. yari0usll
intcrfcct the Enclosure. and an excellent
carriage track crosses the park from
east % west through the picturesque
notch on tho western side the dccliy
ity o. more slopIng aud open. hut ha.
the same agreeable diversity % scene.
a wire fence. partly mesh. path
barbcd. nearly oirht icst ln height am,
twcny-frten miles iu circuit .onanc
the four-ioo.ot tuanis withln lts stee
, barrier. Tho same posts which SUP
por, the fence until the trees whicI
/, have been fei shall have grown to taxi
I their place sirlus a telephone connect
!. ing lhe nine solicitations at the differ
ont gates with the central station. On
home 90 the superintendent. the Cor
bin villa. and the town Of Newport
The keepers and other employees Of a
[, park vary from twenty-five 90 atty. ac
cordlug 10 the season OF the year.
: need scarcely DO said that thc needs q
attendance compel vigilance Whlc
never rests. Merely 90 watch lh
fence. lest d should have parted som,
F. whore by accident or wauiou mallcD
requires an inspection twice a week.