American Big-Game Hunting 



round to the front and right of the belt, 

 where they would be convenient for reload- 

 ing. Our coats, tied behind the saddle, were 

 looked to, the strings which held them being 

 tightened and securely retied. All this was 

 not lost on our horses, which understood as 

 well as we did what was coming. We skirted 

 the butte, rode through the low sag and 

 down into the little ravine, which soon grew 

 deeper, so that our heads were below the 

 range of vision of almost anything on the 

 butte. Passing the mouth of the little side 

 ravine, however, there came into full view a 

 huge bull, lying well up on the hillside. 

 Luckily his back was toward us, and, each 

 bending low over his horse's neck, we rode 

 on, and in a moment were hidden by the side 

 of the ravine. Two or three minutes more, 

 and we came to another side ravine, which 

 was wide and commanded a view of the flat. 

 We stopped before reaching this, and a peep 

 showed that we were within a few yards of 

 two old cows, a young heifer, and a yearling, 

 all of them to the north of us. Beyond, we 

 could see the backs of others, all lying down. 

 We jumped on our horses again, and set- 

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