New-York tribune., 1910-03-20

ton Algonquin Park Is a spleudid object lesson.
Only eighteen wears ago 10 was set apart as q
breeding place and refuge for wild animals.
Moose were then almost extinct there were
comparatively few deer. and the tur bearing
animals had been trapped so persIstently that
the trail of a solitary beaver or otter or marten
or fisher was a sight 70 remember. No animals
were introduced for stocking purposes the
few that remained were simply protected and
allowed 70 increase naturally.
The superintendent, O.. w. Bartlett, Is a big.
kindly. conscientious man who loves his work
and does II magnltcently. tie has only a
dozen rangers % cover two thousand square
miles; but he has dotted the big woods with
shelter huts az strategic points and planned the
work So carefully that he has now absolute CON
troll Of this immense territory and IL IS praCti-
Cally impossible for trap o. be set OF a deer 20
be killed without the offender being discovered
and traIled and brought 70 justice. Even the
vagabond Indian trappers soon discovered this.
and dubbed the superintendent the Long
Dew because he seemed 70 have ewes IN The
back of his head and more than tve senses. and
10 impossible for them % lit a beaver or
otter skin without presently being tapped IN
the shoulder by one % his rangers.
Bevilderins Increase OF Game
TllE results OF these eighteen wears OF protec-
tIon are almost bewIldeTIng. In some sec
tlons moose are now abundant and increasing
rapidly Deer are more numerous than have
famous sections of Maine. In severe winters
every sheltered ridge and valley Is a populous
deer yard and IN open winters they range over
every ridge and along the shores Of every lake.
throwing network of tracks over the big woods.
One morning IN crossing "a little trall ! had
0lazed from kearney % POg Lake. distance
Of less than a mile / counted fourteen different
deer. and spent large part ot the morning
watching them az their teedlngs. The sun was
bright but the barometer was falling. and
Wit uIafICr M
storm that was coming they filling up for
two days fast Not only Is the game. big and
little, abundant IN this protected region. but
as a natural result deer and other animals
spread out as they increase, furnishing excel
lent hunting in all the surrounding territory.
Us for fur bearing animals. the number Is al
most Incredible An old Indian chief. Big
Canoe, who used 90 trap this ground sixty
Years ago. before game had been Silled and
driven OFT bV white hunters. Tcccntlv visited the
park with the idea OF looking over his old hunt
ing grounds. and he said that never IN his best
days had he dreamed OF such rich trappings
Every stream YOU follow brings YOU pres
entity % a new beaver colony. and as they gen
orally have bit Of open. swift running water
near their houses. they come out freely in win
ter Beside almost every lake and stream one
can follow their wInteT-hauling roads over
which they bring wood they have cut for the
bark and at twilight one can watch them az
work and az play by almost every open bit Of
water.
Everywhere YOU go YOU come across the
beautiful trail of the otter.-Iump. Jump. slide
Jump. Jump. slide. Plowing long grooves
through the snow and over the ice as they slide
along their way On little pond lust north OF
Boundary Lake I counted the trail of eleven
different otters which had been PLAYING together
ON the ice. Then pack of wolves swept down
on the lake, and the way the Otters found their
refuge holes. some m hidden brooks some IN
the thin ICe az the inlet. was astonishing
Every otter darted and slid m a straight line
cor certain spot and esCaped-an but one. \
wolf got him rs he was digging frantically az the
thin nee near projecting stub u was his own
Particular refuge hole no doubt but he had
not taken the pTecautiOn % open 70 recently
and two nights Of frost had sealed u up too
tight for HIM o. break through IN a hurry The
wolves ate hum on the spot not with hghtings
and desperate wranglings for the best morscls.
as we suppose. but quietly as one could wish.
standing head 20 head around the game a
few bits OF rich fur and one hind foot were all
found % tell me the last chapter Of his story
Suggestions for the Beginner
n Is impossible 20 do Justice % the nov ot the
winter woods IN "A short article i make only