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of any kind as they bounded from the cart, and one by one dis-
appeared from view amongst the underwood.
Two were kept back for the Zoological Gardens, where they were
safely deposited the same afternoon, and are now thriving.
The Conservators of Epping Forest, while primarily concerned in
the preservation of its ancient flora, are also desirous of protecting
the fauna, not only by the preservation of such species as are still
indigenous to the forest, but also by the re-introduction of others
which, like the Roe, were formerly denizens of that part of the
country, but which, through adverse circumstances, have become
extirpated. To succeed in experiments of this kind, however, the
co-operation of the public is indispensable; and if visitors to
the forest will only abstain from chasing such animals as may be
new to them, and be content merely to observe them, we may hope,
ere long, to see established in the forest many an interesting wild
creature which has long been a stranger to its glades. There seems
no reason (except the fear of persecution by thoughtless persons)
why the badger, the squirrel, and the marten should not once
more flourish at Epping as they did of yore, nor why the ear of the
vagrant naturalist should not again be greeted with the varied notes
of many a long-banished woodland bird.
J. E. Harting.