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was much appreciated by the dogs. When 

 first killed, the flesh of the bull elk is not par- 

 ticularly toothsome; it should be allowed to 

 hang for a time until it becomes tender. 



It was an entertaining sight to see the dogs 

 catch the large hunks of meat flung to them, 

 which they often swallowed without masticat- 

 ing it, unless one or two bites could be exag- 

 gerated into an act of mastication. When 

 hunger was appeased to the extent of a sur- 

 feit, the cunning animals would still continue 

 to accept gifts of raw. meat, which they would 

 carefully cache in some favorite spot. Each 

 dog knew where he had cached his own sup- 

 plies, and expected every other dog to respect 

 it. Occasional disputes arose among them, but 

 though with a bad grace the dog with a 

 guilty conscience generally yielded when de- 

 tected in the act of violating the law which 

 holds a cache sacred among dogs as among 

 men. 



There are certain very simple and rudi- 

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