326 WESTERN GRAZING GROUNDS AND FOREST RANGES 



saddle up, and rub your horse's head, shoulders and 

 neck with it, if you have not the regular prepared oil to 

 use, and the flies will give him peace for that day. Some 

 horses suffer more than others from their attacks, a white 

 animal seeming to be an especial object of their atten- 

 tions. On the round-ups or in pastures where horses 

 are running loose, a fire of green wood that makes a 

 heavy smoke will bring every animal in from feeding to 

 stand in the very thickest of the smoke all day long and 

 thus obtain some slight relief from the pests. A dark- 

 ened shed or stable will also give them much protection. 

 The Indians always keep a smudge fire burning during 

 the fly season in the mountains to protect their ponies. 



