Diary, 1911, of trip to Idaho and Wyoming
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Dec 21 means of destroying the breeding animals. There are not so many Constrictions in the Game Preserve. It shows the Montane Cent, that showed too much money to protect this game there is to pay wardens. Thus, a winter Reserve also worked as a great benefit and the Game Preserve worked them better in highest degree of efficiency. The young mainly die, the older ones living long many times which are weakened or torn down for natural causes, old age, over running, over nursing etc. The calves left without their mother (by death) also stand a poorer chance. While the cows usually nurse more or less up to the last of November. Has been killed a cow (excepting barren ones) but had much in the water. On this much at the mouth of the Mwombit Comm. in the spring. The noticed a great number of ticks in the wet bushes and the elle vossa Harbour gets hambus, The ticks also got on the horses the thins that approximately the same proportion of 8 & 9's due. Thicks that more 9's are born than 8's. Probably 4/3. The majority of the settlers kill cows for meat, but people from a distance more often kill Bulls, partly for trophies Because the swamp or other refuge is acquired to thins at places he under the jurisdiction of the Nat Govt. because of the better likelihood of the money being furnished for its care. The Hunter privilege should not be curtailed. The public sentiment has changed by the last few years or M-T much came to seem emotions of violation of the same laws.