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Show COWS EAT FISH Bovinos in Alaska Prefer Salmon to Grass. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Aug. 13. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Davis of Fort Wayne havo arrived home from tho far-distant far-distant Island of Unalaska, Alaska, where they were teachers employed by tho United SLates Government for tho natives on an Island whero tho cows live on fish. 13oth have hnd much experience in teaching, teach-ing, and when they offered their services for the Unalaska field the Government was not slow to commission them to carry primary education to tho children born to natives of tho Aleutian Islands. Mr. Davis Is nn entertaining talker and relates many Interesting experiences of the two yenrs and a half that he and his wlfo labored with tho natives. Mr. Davis says there Is no vegetation on the Islands, and when tho natlvo obtains a cow from the South ho has to storo salmon caught In tho waters for Its provender during tho long winters, The Islands aro of comparatively compar-atively recent volcanic origin, and. except for the coast lino of sandy stretches, are mountains about 1700 feet high and covered cov-ered with snow. The mountain streams abound In trout, which furnish sport for tho chance visitor on some merchant ves-sol ves-sol or officer of a warship. There Is no tree for 1075 miles. Tho Islands altogether contain about 20f.O natives, but In winter there can be little communication, becauso the seas are so high under tha terrible winds from the northeast. The chief Industry of the natives Is hunting the foxes, which were released on the Islands somo hundred years ago by tho Russians. Their fur Is valuable. |