150 HUNTING THE GRISLY. 



once had a peccary assail him unprovoked, 

 and even in this case it was his dog that was 

 the object of attack, the peccary rushing out 

 at it as it followed him home one evening 

 through the chaparral. Even around this ranch 

 the peccaries had very greatly decreased in 

 numbers, and the survivors were learning some 

 caution. In the old days it had been no un- 

 common thing for a big band to attack entire- 

 ly of their own accord, and keep a hunter up a 

 tree for hours at a time. 



