Before concluding, I may avail myself of the opportunity of tendering my best thanks to all who have so kindly assisted me in the enterprise. My first thanks are due to H.M. the Emperor; and I have next to thank the Duke of Bedford for the promise of a young American bison, which I hope will reach Pilawin during the spring. To the Princes A. S. and F. Radziwill, to Count Constantin Potocki, and to Mr. Zalenski I am indebted for elk. To Mr. Poklewski-Roziell my acknowledgments are due for Siberian roe; while I have to thank Madame Ouwaroff for the valuable gift of a couple of beavers. I have likewise the pleasure of acknowledging the valuable services of the firm of Hagenbeck of Hamburg, who carried out to my entire satisfaction all orders regarding the importation of living animals into Pilawin. To the author of this little volume I desire to express my deepest gratitude and warmest thanks; and I am both proud and pleased that the first description of Pilawin should come from the pen of such a well-known naturalist as Mr. Lydekker. Last, but not least, my gratitude is due to the publisher for the manner in which this account of Pilawin is presented to the world. JOSEPH POTOCKI. ANTONINY, _January 1908_. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE A FOREST SCENE _Frontispiece_ THE BIG LAKE IN PILAWIN 3 EUROPEAN BISON IN THE OPEN 5 THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE ANTONINY PALACE 9 BEARS KILLED BY THE COUNT 13 WAPITI STAGS TRYING FOR THE MASTERY 15 AMERICAN BISON IN THE SNOW 17 WAPITI IN THE SNOW 19 WAPITI CALLING 23 EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN BISON IN THE PILAWIN PARK 27 A TYPICAL PILAWIN SCENE 30 MAP OF PILAWIN 31 THE SHOOTING-LODGE AT PILAWIN 33 OURSELVES STARTING FROM THE SHOOTING-LODGE 35 YOUNG ELK AND WAPITI 39 WAPITI IN AUTUMN 43 WOLF KILLED NEAR ANTONINY IN 1907 46 THE PILAWIN BEAVER 47 ELK IN WINTER 51 AN ASIATIC (? SAYANSK) WAPITI 56 WAPITI STAG AND HIND 57 THE DEAD BISON 60