298 ADVENTURES OF DR. ALLEN. 



To the student of animal life and of animal history, a 

 hunter's sojourn in the primitive Rockies was a continual 

 delight. Every day brought something new. Every tramp 

 after game, when one's eyes and senses were preternaturally 

 active, was almost a new revelation. The children of the 

 wild were there seen in all of their moods and revealed them- 

 selves as they really are. No stuffed bird or beast in a mu- 

 seum is to be ever compared with the animal in its native 

 state and home. I have been highly favored in this respect. 



