ROUNDING UP CATS IN COLORADO 



graphs of wild animals in Mr. Wallihan's 

 remarkable book, where snap-shots were taken 

 of some of the dogs which were in the pack I 

 hunted with. 



We had barely skinned the "kitten," when 

 at some distance we heard the pack baying 

 another animal. We rode as rapidly as pos- 

 sible in the direction we heard the noise. We 

 soon arrived at the edge of the valley, which 

 lay some five or six hundred feet below. The 

 baying broke upon our hearing with great dis- 

 tinctness. The country beneath was free from 

 big timber, being dotted profusely with pifion 

 trees and smaller growth, with here and there 

 great pillars of red sandstone fashioned into 

 mushroom shapes by the erosion of the ele- 

 ments through countless ages. In the clear, 

 bright sunshine every object stood out with 

 great distinctness, producing a curious and 

 beautiful effect. 



It was an attractive sight to watch the pack 

 as i| swiftly coursed about in the valley. It 

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