LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department or Agriculture, 



Forest Service, 

 Washington^ D. C.^ January 3, 1907. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled 

 '^ Wolves in Relation to Stock, Game, and the National Forest 

 Reserves," by Vernon Bailey, Assistant in Charge of Geographic 

 Distribution, Biological Survey, and to recommend its publication 

 as Bulletin 72 of the Forest Service. 



My cordial thanks are due Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of the 

 Biological Survey, for the prompt and hearty cooperation which 

 made possible the preparation of this report. 



The three plates and five text figures accompanying the report 

 are necessary for its proper illustration. 

 Ver}^ respectfully, 



GlFFORD PiNCHOT, 



Forester. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



