TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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The big cats are deadly enemies of our big game . . . .194 

 Lunching on the shore of Bear Lake near the Utah-Idaho State 



Line 194 



Charles Neil's cabin on Buffalo Fork 202 



It was a United States Geological Survey camp 202 



Nearly four inches of snow had fallen during the night . . .206 

 Remarkable hot springs in the lower Star Valley, Wyoming . . 206 

 Below the Preuss Ranch I crossed the line into Wyoming . . 218 



The destroyers 218 



Booth's Ferry 222 



Deposit from the Star Valley hot springs 222 



Too many elk and too little forage in Jackson's Hole . . . 226 

 Seventy elk died around this hay crib in the winter of 1911 . . 234 

 One fourth of the original herd had starved to death when this 



photograph was taken in midwinter 242 



Within the shelter of some friendly bush the starving elk lie for 



days 250 



The result of a slide on the Gros Ventre 258 



Looking toward mountain heights into the valley of the Gros 



Ventre 258 



Elk in Jackson's Hole in the early fall 270 



I approached within fifty yards before they noticed me . . . 286 



The mountain on the right is gradually sliding down, damming the 



Gros Ventre River ... . . 292 



Antelope living in alfalfa fields in Gardiner, Montana . . .300 



Young elk too weak to drag itself across the fence . ... 300 



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