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Show rr-h a surplus that the wardens j killed a large number. The flesh p ,-as made into pemmican, and the jj leads and furs were sold, pro- !l 'rcing a good sum for the support ti ,f the Park. It is thought a larger K :-urplus will have to be butchered ;ach year. ' f coat, or that would wear as long, o vis as cIicpd as they were in the old days. It has been a long time s.ncc anybody could buy uuj, du ; the recent Dominion Fair a! : '1 in onto, there were on exhibit a lot ff b-iffalo coats and robes anc j hen the fair ended they were r-apped tip by eafr buyers at fat 'prices. The return of the buffalc coat is due to the success of the v-'atnwriht Park reservation in n.eita where a few hundred buf- !' 20 years ago have inci-eas"d t ten thousand. Altho many of th" ianiiiKil.J were moved to a new sanctuury last year, there was still T!: t" never was a skin, as the jioithern prairie pioneers knew, ' Hint was as warm as a buffalo |