A Trip to Pilawin : "The Deer-Park of Count Joseph Potocki in Volhynia Russia"

When founding the Pilawin preserve in 1901 my intention was limited to the breeding of elk, which still have their native haunts not very far away to the north, but have for many years ceased to inhabit these forests. No one, to my knowledge, has hitherto attempted to naturalise these splendid deer