INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 



known to turn on the pack thus separated and 

 kill a number of the dogs, one after the other, 

 before the pack could be united. The disap- 

 pointed huntsman, reaching the end of the run 

 on his jaded horse, might survey the remnants 

 of his pack first the survivors with down- 

 cast heads and apologetic tails between their 

 legs and then some dog fur scattered over 

 the blood-bespattered ground, and here and 

 there a mangled corpse. It is no joke to have 

 a pack run for miles after the wrong game 

 over rough country, your whole day's sport 

 broken up, and perhaps lose your dogs for 

 several days. 



The mountain lion has not much endurance 

 in the chase, although very fast for a short 

 distance, which he covers by a series of leaps. 

 In a short time he is treed or driven to the 

 ledge of a precipice or into some hiding place. 

 If you are fond of hunting with a camera, you 

 generally have ample time to take a photo- 

 graph of your prize, perhaps posing in the 

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