The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-27
AN ENGLISH PARADISE"
Innumerable Species of Animals on the
INuIta of Rndfnrd,a Estate.

Innumerable Species of Animals on the
Duke of Bedford's Estate.
A paradise" Is the technical term for
preserve In which attempts are made
with more or less success to acclima-
tie foreign birds and animals. The
three most successful paradlses in Eng
land are Haggerstone Castle, near
Beale; Leonardslee, in Sussex, and Wo-
burn Abbey Leonardslee provides the
nearest approach to perfectly wild con-
ditions, and the innumerable foreign
species-the big red kangaroos, the
wallabes, the mouflon, or wild sheep;
the prairie dogs, the Patagonian CAVES
and countless other species-give the
landscape a very un-English appear
ance A writer In "The Quarterly Re-
view" thus describes a vista on the
Duke of Bedfords estate at Woburn
Abbey:
There in a single picture, axis deer,
Japanese deer, Picking deer, red deer.
Caucasian red deer, Virginlan deer, and
a mouflon sheep may be seen grazing
quietly together; while the portraits Of
many other stays and bucks show to
tain in this unique paradise. But no
photograph could ever do justice to the
general effect of the herds there gath
cred together. Probably nothing like
it could be seen anywhere nearer than
the Athi plains in our East African
Protectorate, where the great fauna Of
Africa still wander ana feed IN herds of
hundreds of individuals all at peace
with one another and not greatly
scared by man. In the center of the
scene lies the big gray palace, set
among rolling waves of park, studded
with ancient trees. Under the trees,
out on the open lawns and glades, all
along the sky line, and round the pools,
gaze the fallow bucks and does, Japa-
nese stays, red deer and hybrid fawns
and stays. Among them stalk gigantic
wapiti, lords and masters Of the mixed
multitude. Under the chestnut trees Is
q herd of black and white yaks with
their calves, with thar and other wild
sheep, and close to the drive is small
herd Of zebras, with foal or two, as
much at their ease as If they were
commonera' ponies on Matley Heath in
the New Forest.
The variety of strange birds is just as
great Chiefly remarkable are the bril-
liant Reeves's pheasant and the Aus
tralian brush turkey.
One of the most useful functions Of
paradise" is to preserve norbund spe-
ces which once f1ourished in this coun-
try. The beaver, for instance, Is busy
with his marvellous feats of engineering
and architecture in the brook at Leon
ardslee. though 1t Is probably eight
weir on a British stream. Says the
writer In 1.-THE Quarterly"
Ii beavers are to flourish on d river
hey must have constant depth of
water in which TO dive and to cover the
TO their lodges" even IL the
surface Is frozen thick with Ice. As |
lew small rivers or brooks have con- |
slant flow, the beavers make a weir to |
teep up q head Of water. How serious !
ire the difficulties Of building and |
such weir every engineer |
Knows The phenomenal cleverness |
md industry Of beavers are devoted to
his end. This is not the place to give
letails of their log rolling paths canals, |
wood cutting and Weir making; but
part from the two former processes
which were not needed in their home
1t Leonardsiee, all the mechanical
kill of beavers may there be seen to
dniration. They soon made and have
yer since maintained a large weir, cut
ing down all the unprotected trees, ex-
ept some large beeches and big pines,
nd using all the branches, large apd |