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are very great. I have seen socks made by settlers from the hair which never wore out, 

 but got so hard after a few years they usually threw them away ; also blankets made 

 from the hair by New Mexican Indians which held water, and were said to be old family 

 heirlooms anyway, they were as hard as a board. 



My goats have been persistently shot by poachers from the other side, only four miles 

 off, and that with eagles has kept them from increasing to any great extent. 



This country is all suitable for sheep or goats, but it would be throwing money away 

 to put any on most parts of the Mainland or Vancouver Island at present on account 

 of the wolves and panthers. On the small outlying islands it would be a good enough 

 venture. You hear people say the settlers should drive up their stock at night and put 

 them in an enclosure. Any one who knows anything about the matter knows that is 

 not practicable -in the backwoods. Any bounty paid on a wolf or panther, even if it 

 were $50 a head, is clear profit to the whole country. 



VICTORIA, B.C.: 



Printed by WILLIAM H. CULLIN, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 



1918. 





