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tivity, and would make more expense and 

 trouble for its owner than the returns would be 

 worth in the present state of the meat-market. 



The beautiful Eocky Mountain white goat, 

 like the bighorn, is chiefly interesting and of 

 value as an object of sport. Its flesh is very 

 poor eating, and its pelt worthless, but its thick 

 white hair and wool have been used by the 

 Pacific Coast Indians from time immemorial 

 for making robes, etc., and could enough of this 

 fine soft coat be obtained doubtless civilized 

 skill would transform it into beautiful fabrics. 

 Perhaps the rearing of these goats may at 

 some future time become an industry of Alaska 

 and the Yukon Territory, where a large fixed 

 population will slowly but surely be accumu- 

 lated. 



Pronghorned antelope and bison. Anything 

 for the preservation of this beautiful prong- 

 horn, once so abundant in the West, must 

 be done quickly. Late in 1910 eight head 

 of this antelope, selected from the National 

 herd in Yellowstone Park, were placed in the 

 Wichita National Game Refuge in Oklahoma, 

 through the generosity of members of the 



