242 THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFOKNIA 



lie in wait with unbounded patience to shoot them 

 with arrows. In the lower and middle zones a few 

 fall a prey to rattlesnakes. Occasionally he is pur 

 sued by hawks and wildcats, etc. But, upon the 

 whole, he dwells safely in the deep bosom of the 

 woods, the most highly favored of all his happy 

 tribe. May his tribe increase ! 



