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secured to be placed on permanent exhibi- 

 tion where they will form a lasting monu- 

 ment to the species. To what better use 

 can an animal be put? We answer, "None." 

 Fifty specimens of Ovis mexicanus placed 

 in the leading museums of the world, where 

 they will be looked after carefully, will do 

 more good for mankind in general than if 

 the sheep are left to live on their native 

 hills in Mexico. That is the only point we 

 wish to make. We are heartily in accord 

 with intelligent legislation for the protec- 

 tion of game, in whatever country, and we 

 would under no circumstances be guilty of 

 transgressing any existing game laws. We 

 agree with you that one, or at most 2, sheep 

 a year are all that the ordinary hunter, who 

 is simply after sport or a head, should kill ; 

 but we claim that the leading public 

 museums of the world have always the first 

 and best claim on any living animal. They 

 should be supplied with specimens of that 

 animal at the earliest opportunity, before it 

 is in danger of becoming extinct. What- 

 ever happens in the future to any species 

 of animal, scientific specimens of that ani- 

 mal should be preserved to show future 

 generations what it was like. The South- 

 western elk, Cervus merriami, of Nelson, 

 is a case in point of a most interesting 

 species of large mammal that is now prac- 

 tically extinct, and of which not a perfect 

 specimen is in existence in any museum. 

 You can readily understand how this fact is 

 deplored by anyone interested in large game 

 animals. There are enough extinct animals 

 that lived on this earth in bygone ages of 

 which we have no reliable data, except such 

 as may be derived from their skeletons, and 

 it behooves us to see that existing species 

 are properly represented in museums before 

 it is too late. 



Townsend-Barber Taxidermy and Zoolo- 

 gical Co. 



LET US BUY THE WOLF AND HELP THE 

 GIRL. 

 I recently saw a grey wolf chained in a 

 shady and grassy front vard of a farm- 

 house, 10 miles West of Dubuque, Iowa. I 

 took a long look at him, admired his shape 

 and size, then went in and inquired. The 

 wolf, 6^2 months old, male, was given to a 

 15 year old girl when he was 10 days old. 

 She raised him on a bottle and he is now 

 large and fat, with splendid coat of hair, 

 and seems to be fully developed. He is 

 playful and obedient to those he knows, 

 but with strangers he is shy and afraid. 

 He accompanies his mistress, loose, all over 

 the farm, when she goes to the pasture af- 

 ter the cows, etc. He will throw himself 

 down at her feet, roll over and catch her 

 wrists with his teeth, all playfully; but he 

 can not be trusted a moment alone with 

 chickens or turkeys. He is as clean look- 



ing a pet as one could wish. The girl is 

 fond of him, but would like to sell him. 

 She is bright, intelligent and ambitious, 

 but not rich, and one of her hands is crip- 

 pled, forever probably. She lives with her 

 parents on a small rented farm and tries 

 hard to make a teacher of herself. She 

 would apply the money to that end. Her 

 parents are not able to help her to the full 

 extent of her ambition, and her career up- 

 ward is necessarily slow, as considerable 

 of her means have been, and still are, ex- 

 pended for medical treatment. Who will 

 help her by highest offer for her pet 

 wolf? Her address is Irene Murray, 

 Peosta, Dubuque county, Iowa. Applica- 

 tion to her should contain a 2-cent stamp, 

 or write me. 



A. Lindemann, Cascade, Iowa. 



Let us chip in 50 cents each, buy the 

 wolf, give it to some zoological park, and 

 thus help the poor girl through school. Con- 

 tributions sent to this office will be prompt- 

 ly acknowledged and forwarded to Miss 

 Murray. No one need send more than 50 

 cents. Remit in stamps. I already have $5 

 subscribed. Let us act promptly. — Editor. 



LABRADOR IN NOVEMBER. 

 I wish some reader would give me in- 

 formation about the game and the climate 

 of Labrador in November. 



H. W. Smith, Dorchester, Mass. 



I referred the above to Dr. Morris, of 

 this city, who is familiar with the country 

 mentioned. His reply follows : 



I have not been in Labrador in Novem- 

 ber, but the residents along the coast tell 

 me that while winter really begins about 

 the last of September, it is not very cold 

 or stormy until well toward Thanksgiving 

 time. I should expect the bears would all 

 be in their dens by early November. There 

 are any number of caribou in Labrador. 

 but in November they are in great droves, 

 and one either finds a million or none at 

 all. Before the migration begins in Sep- 

 tember they may be found almost any- 

 where in smaller numbers. The barren 

 ground caribou have their range down to 

 the Hamilton river, and the woodland cari- 

 bou range North to about that point, so 

 both forms intermingle more or less along 

 the Hamilton. The barren ground grizzly 

 bear is said to range as far South as the 

 upper waters of the Hamilton. Some of 

 the natives told me they could take me into 

 the grizzly country, but I doubt it, as the 

 people along the coast only go "3 days 

 inland." I think it would be necessary- to 

 get Naskopie Indians for guides for the 

 upper Hamilton waters, and they do not 

 speak English or French, and are inde- 

 pendent, caring little for coming to trad- 



