A modern Monte Cristo and his island; a romantic glimpse into goatology . detachedrocks lie a quarter of a mile from its south-eastern side. Outer inlet 677 feet high, isseparated from inner inlet by a deep chan-nel seven-eights of a mile wide. Milpomene Cove, at the south end of theisland, affords anchorage in nine fathoms, but southerly winds. CHAPTER IIIWhence Cometh our Goats Following the precedent of Adam andEve—after many years, Billie and NannieGoat are said to have settled on GuadalupeIsland and their descendants of Billies andXannies, through many generations, have
A modern Monte Cristo and his island; a romantic glimpse into goatology . detachedrocks lie a quarter of a mile from its south-eastern side. Outer inlet 677 feet high, isseparated from inner inlet by a deep chan-nel seven-eights of a mile wide. Milpomene Cove, at the south end of theisland, affords anchorage in nine fathoms, but southerly winds. CHAPTER IIIWhence Cometh our Goats Following the precedent of Adam andEve—after many years, Billie and NannieGoat are said to have settled on GuadalupeIsland and their descendants of Billies andXannies, through many generations, havein all prohability, numbered into the mil-lions by this time. History does not seem to record whenor how these Billies and Nannies first es-tablished themselves, but it is not unrea-sonable to believe that their exodus maydate back to the arrival of the Franciscanor Jesuite Fathers or much earlier, in fact,who shall give evidence that CharlesV. ofSpain in 1542, did not commission Cabrilloto secure for him a goat ranch, whichmight be none other than Guadalupe? >i b. A Gang of Herders IC A MODERN MOXTE CRIST(3 17 It has been estimated that there are up-wards of one hundred thousand goats onthe island at the present time. The birthrate is said to reach from five to sevenhundred daily and the death rate to havereached as high as 50 per cent. During thepresent year, however, the death rate hasbeen much higher than the average, owingto an unexpected visit from a multitude oflocusts which swept down upon the islandand made a cleaning of everything to eatand the poor Billies and Nannies are saidto have starved by the thousand. Thiscalamity was soon followed by rains andsuch goats as managed to subsist on waterwere kept alive until the new crop of grassand weeds commenced to sprout. CHAPTER IVMonte Cristo and his Island According to thrilling narratives ver-bally given by various authorities amongthe islanders, the photograph of CountAlonte Cristo, the name by which he v^asuniversa
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