. The land of geysers : Yellowstone Natonal Park . l can freely see the animals of the forest and thewilds in their natural state. The animals evince less and less timidity and,while not common, it is not an unusual sight, as the coaches drive along, tosee an elk or a deer or two slaking their thirst in the stream or several quietlyand unconcernedly feeding m the woods near the road. The effort to increase the buffalo herd by outside purchase and tocorral the animals where they can be fed and protected has met with are now about 1 00 bison m the park. There are about 2,000 antelo
. The land of geysers : Yellowstone Natonal Park . l can freely see the animals of the forest and thewilds in their natural state. The animals evince less and less timidity and,while not common, it is not an unusual sight, as the coaches drive along, tosee an elk or a deer or two slaking their thirst in the stream or several quietlyand unconcernedly feeding m the woods near the road. The effort to increase the buffalo herd by outside purchase and tocorral the animals where they can be fed and protected has met with are now about 1 00 bison m the park. There are about 2,000 antelopes and from 100 to 200 mountainsheep in the park, most of them living on and around Mount Everts nearMammoth Hot Springs. Both sheep and antelopes are more wary thanthe other animals, and, to a great extent disappear in the spring. In thefall, winter, and spring, both antelopes and sheep are found in largenumbers on the hills and flats above Gardiner and Mammoth Hot are fed hay by the authorities at Fort Yellowstone, which serves to. THE LAND OF GEYSERS domesticate them in some degree, and in recent years many antelopes remainto graze during the summer on the large alfalfa field at and just inside thepark entrance. The deer, of which there are hundreds, are increasing in number, andthe beautiful creatures are seen more and more each year here and there inthe park. During the fall, winter, and spring, like the sheep and antelopes,they are a familiar feature of the locality about Fort Yellowstone orMammoth Hot Springs. It is the elk, however, that are found in almost countless numbers, andduring the summer they are not infrequently seen by the tourists. Theyseclude themselves more or less, however, in the valleys and timber, andgather by hundreds around Shoshone lake and in Hayden valley. Thereare bands of them frequently seen too, on Mount Washburn and Dunravenpeak. Those who wish to see a fine herd of elk can do so by riding onhorseback a few miles up Alum creek f
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