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The lVilder7tess Hitnter. 



chaparral. Even around this ranch the peccaries had very 

 greatly decreased in numbers, and the survivors were 

 learning some caution. In the old days it had been no 

 uncommon thing for a big band to attack entirely of their 

 own accord, and keep a hunter up a tree for hours at a 

 time. 



