text_original: If they ever roamed over this country in large herds, evidence of the fact should be apparent by well trodden buffalo trails, which nowhere form a feature of the Park plateau. Whether the natural increase in their numbers has been kept down by the severity of the climate and an uncongenial environment, or whether the young calves have been attacked by predatory animals, has never been satisfactorily determined. Dangers which would scarcely befall them in an open country might in a timbered region tend to keep down their numbers.
text_transcription: IF THEY EVER ROAMED OVER THE COUNTRY IN LARGE HERDS EVIDENCE OF THE FACT SHOULD BE APPARENT BY WELL TRODDEN BUFFALO TRAILS WHICH NOWHERE FORM A FEATURE OF THE PARK PLATEAU WHETHER THE NATURAL INCREASE IN THEIR NUMBERS HAS BEEN KEPT DOWN BY THE SEVERITY OF THE CLIMATE AND AN UNCONGENIAL ENVIRONMENT OR WHETHER THE YOUNG CALVES HAVE BEEN ATTACKED BY PREDATORY ANIMALS HAS NEVER BEEN SATISFACTORILY DETERMINED DANGERS WHICH WOULD SCARCELY BEFALL THEM IN AN OPEN COUNTRY MIGHT IN A TIMBERED REGION TEND TO KEEP DOWN THEIR NUMBERS
phonemes: ɪf ðeɪ ˈɛvɚ ɹˈoʊmd ˌoʊvɚ ðɪs kˈʌntɹi ɪn lˈɑːɹdʒ hˈɜːdz, ˈɛvɪdəns ʌvðə fˈækt ʃˌʊd biː ɐpˈæɹənt baɪ wˈɛl tɹˈɑːdən bˈʌfəlˌoʊ tɹˈeɪlz, wˌɪtʃ nˈoʊwɛɹ fˈɔːɹm ɐ fˈiːtʃɚɹ ʌvðə pˈɑːɹk plætˈoʊ. wˈɛðɚ ðə nˈætʃɚɹəl ˈɪŋkɹiːs ɪn ðɛɹ nˈʌmbɚz hˈæzbiːn kˈɛpt dˌaʊn baɪ ðə səvˈɛɹᵻɾi ʌvðə klˈaɪmət ænd ɐn ʌŋkəndʒˈiːnɪəl ɛnvˈaɪɹənmənt, ɔːɹ wˈɛðɚ ðə jˈʌŋ kˈævz hɐvbɪn ɐtˈækt baɪ pɹˈɛdətˌɔːɹi ˈænɪməlz, hɐz nˈɛvɚ bˌɪn sˌæɾɪsfˈæktɚɹəli dɪtˈɜːmɪnd. dˈeɪndʒɚz wˌɪtʃ wʊd skˈɛɹsli bᵻfˈɔːl ðˌɛm ɪn ɐn ˈoʊpən kˈʌntɹi mˌaɪt ɪn ɐ tˈɪmbɚd ɹˈiːdʒən tˈɛnd tə kˈiːp dˌaʊn ðɛɹ nˈʌmbɚz.