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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 Rocky 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 
