GOAT SHOOTING ON CATALINA 
Goats were let loose by early Spanish settlers on 
many islands along the Pacific coast of America, 
but while the Spaniards have continued to climb 
the social scale, the goats have gone back to the wild 
state. I was overcome with a desire to secure the 
head of one of these animals and for that purpose 
visited California, spending a few days on Buena 
Yerba Island in San Francisco Bay. My host, the 
officer in command of that naval station, showed 
me the last goat there; he lived on a rocky eminence, - 
and begrimed with the smoke of the city, presented 
a sad and lonely spectacle, eking out a miserable 
existence on the scanty vegetation, discarded ammu- 
nition and other junk of the navy yard. His sad 
expression showed that he was not altogether with- 
out sentiment, and that he lived a good deal in the 
past with its bright memories. The most accessible 
place for hunting I learned was the island of Cata- 
lina, off the port of San Pedro, and permission 
could be obtained for a day’s shooting from Ban- 
ning Brothers, who owned the place. 
Catalina was discovered in 1542 by the Spanish 
navigator Cabrilla, who visited it with his caravel, 
the San Salvador, and who is supposed to have first 
landed goats upon the island in that year. We 
read of his death having occurred shortly after- 
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