April 15, 1911.] 
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the toast made and the carving began. The 
evening was pleasantly spent, and Mr. Stanbery, 
Mr. Shattuck and the visitors from Pomeroy 
thanked the boys of Bedford township for their 
hospitality. Responses were made by the old 
fox hunters, and they said they would look for¬ 
ward to our coming the next year and hoped 
to be able to have as good times as in 1910. The 
fox holed about 11 o’clock, the turkey was all 
gone, and preparations were made to break camp. 
The scene of that big fire in the middle of the 
cave just near enough to the front to allow the 
smoke to go out was, indeed, of the type of a 
cheap guides, they often prove worse than useless. 
In British Columbia, pretty much every variety 
of North American game now accessible may 
be had. Moose, elk, caribou, deer of three 
species, mountain sheep of several species, white 
goats, bears, wolves, panthers and fur bearers 
may be had here or there; while of waterfowl 
and game birds there are a great multitude, and 
the fishing for trout and salmon, as is well 
known, is quite beyond compare. On the other 
hand it must be remembered that after they 
reach fresh water, the salmon do not rise to fly 
or bait. There are some people who believe that 
seen it in Mr. Smith’s place of business more 
than forty years ago, but never learned its his¬ 
tory. I immediately wrote to my old (eighty- 
six year) friend, R. Wilson Oliver, living at 
Wilson, asking him if he knew anything about 
the last wolf that was killed in Niagara county 
and received the following letter: 
“The wolf you speak of was killed about 
three miles south and one mile west of this 
village on a farm owned by F. Richmond about 
seventy-one years ago. 
"I saw the wolf after it was killed. The wolf 
had been followed by re'ays of men—there being 
A Remarkable White Sheep ( Ovis dalli ) Believed to be a Record Head. 
Courtesy British Columbia Bureau of Provincial Information. 
pirate s cave with the hidden treasures, but it in that Province salmon have never been given a snow on the ground—for three weeks. On 
was only a crowd of congenial spirits, and their really good try with a fly, but most anglers are Saturday quite a number of sleigh loads of 
treasures were the true enjoyment of life in the satisfied that they will not rise to the fly. men turned out. The men on the track of the 
open, with the old fox hunters of Meigs county. The material brought together in this booklet wolf had horns they blew, so they could tell 
Fred Shattuck. was gathered chiefly by A. Bryan Williams, J. P., which way the wolf was going. A pair of gray 
j Provincial Game Warden. His address is Van- horses driven by Peter Planer with a load of 
British Columbia Game and Fish. couver, B. C- He has prepared a beautiful book men was driving west on the Richmond road. 
I he Bureau of Provincial Information in the illustrated with extraordinarily interesting en- They saw the wolf fifteen or twenty rods away 
sixth edition of its Bulletin 17 gives a very great gravings, some of which, through the kindness and shot it about 2 o'clock p. m. My impres- 
deal of extremely interesting information about of the Secretary of the Bureau of Provincial sion is that the wolf had lost one of his front 
the Province, the means of getting about in it, Information, we are permitted to reproduce. feet in a trap. The wolf was brought to the 
the game and fish to be found there, and useful - village. This was the last wolf killed in Wilson. 
talk on guides, cost of outfitting and other sub- The Last Wolf of Niagara County. "The same winter the gray wolf was killed, 
jects. In British Columbia one must of course Lockport, N. Y., April 4. — Editor Forest and Walter Brown killed a black one near Ransom- 
have a guide, and the success of the hunter or Stream: About a year ago, Karl Brong, of this ville.” 
angler depends largely on the excellence of his city, showed me a mounted wolf which he said Ransomvi’le is in the town of Porter adjoin- 
guide. British Columbia is a country of long was killed in the town of Wilson, and the last ing the town of Wilson. 
distances, and getting about there is naturally wolf killed in Niagara county. Questioning him The mounted specimen of Mr. Brong shows 
expensive. The best guides understand the value I learned that it formerly belonged to the late that it has a mangled fore foot and no doubt is 
of their services, and while there are plenty of George F. Smith. I then remembered to have the one seen by Mr. Oliver. J. L. Davisom. 
