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FOREWORD
At the time Jack Danvers journeyed through the Yellowstone NationalPark, that wonderful country was little known. Since then it hasbecome famous, and people from all parts of the globe go to visitit. There is no more delightful summer excursion possible than atrip to the National Park where--if one can take a pack train andjourney away from the beaten roads and trails--it is still possibleto see elk and deer and many other wild animals, almost in theirold time abundance.
In the spring of 1903 President Roosevelt did just this, and on hisreturn wrote a most interesting article about what he saw, tellingof the abundance of the elk, the familiarity of the deer, theshyness of the antelope and the tameness of the mountain sheep.
American boys and girls are happy in having in their own country solovely and so marvelous a region.