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the express company, at public auction, at very low 

 prices. This was about 1873. It was generally be- 

 lieved by old California breeders that some of the 

 goats offered at this sale were cross-bloods of Califor- 

 nia origin. The blood of this importation, however, 

 has been widely scattered over the Pacific Coast. 



THE HALL AND HARRIS IMPORTATION. 



In 1876, John S. Harris, of Hollister, California, 

 returned from a perilous journey around the world 

 in quest of new Angoras. He found, the Thibet 

 goats in the Himalaya Mountains, and finally suc- 

 ceeded in getting some goats at Angora, in Asia 

 Minor. He secured two bucks and ten does, and 

 brought them safely to California. That was really 

 the first time an American had entered Asia Minor 

 to study the Angora industry, as it was understood 

 Mr. Diehl had secured Turks to go into the interior 

 for him. 



THE JENKS IMPORTATION. 



This was a small importation of Angoras, sup- 

 posed to have been three animals, made by C. W. 

 Jenks of Boston, and sold to Col. Peters of Georgia. 

 They were supposed to have come from Geredeh, in 

 the interior of Asia Minor, and they arrived in the 

 United States in 1880. The mohair from these goats 

 was not considered very good, and the importation 

 was not regarded as very important. 



