Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . dtaken out of Ontario previous to the passing of the law forbidding thekilling of moose. To come baek to figures, the wild boars, imported from GermanySeptember a year ago, ha\e been seen a number of times lately. Theyhave evidently gained by natural increase, and must be quick trav-ellers, as three or four herds have been reported in diiferent localitiesat nearly the same time by the game-keepers. The old animals havegrown considerably, and are wonderfidly fleet of foot, for unlike theircousin, the domestic hog, they do no
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . dtaken out of Ontario previous to the passing of the law forbidding thekilling of moose. To come baek to figures, the wild boars, imported from GermanySeptember a year ago, ha\e been seen a number of times lately. Theyhave evidently gained by natural increase, and must be quick trav-ellers, as three or four herds have been reported in diiferent localitiesat nearly the same time by the game-keepers. The old animals havegrown considerably, and are wonderfidly fleet of foot, for unlike theircousin, the domestic hog, they do not fatten. As far as can be ascer-tained, all the other animals, including the several varieties of deer,have multiplied considerably, and their change of habitat and the factthat the big fence occasionally checks their extended wanderings, doesnot seem to cast any blight on the even tenor of their lives. lnclude<l in the park are two ponds of 20 and 30 acres, respectively,and probably lOO miles of streams. The ponds were cleaned out last 422 THE CORBIN GAME year and many eels and other varieties of cannibalistic fish destroyed,and now the ponds and streams are all stocked with trout. While in London, two years since, Mr. Corbin purchased 20,000 haw-thorn trees. Four thousand of these have been planted this spring. They are for the pur-pose of forming a hedgestrong enough to pre-vent the buffalo andother large animals fromgetting out. This tree,of which there are twovarieties, the white andblack, is used very ex-tensively for inclosingthe game parks of Eng-land and France. Itgrows from 8 to 10 feetin height, and is thetoughest and strongesttree that can be found,making, with its inter-locking and elasticbranches, a hedge thatwould resist a batteringram. The trees arebeing ])lanted inside thebig fence of barbed andwoven wire, and willeventually take its placewhen the latter becomesweakened through rustand exposure. There will be no hunt-ing in the park at pres-ent, thou
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