My First Summer 



east of the corral we overtook twenty or 

 thirty of the flock and succeeded in driving 

 them back ; then turning to the westward, 

 we traced another band of fugitives and 

 got them back to the flock. After day- 

 break I discovered the remains of a sheep 

 carcass, still warm, showing that Bruin 

 must have been enjoying his early mut- 

 ton breakfast while I was seeking the run- 

 aways. He had eaten about half of it. Six 

 dead sheep lay in the corral, evidently 

 smothered by the crowding and piling up 

 of the flock against the side of the corral 

 wall when the bear entered. Making a 

 wide circuit of the camp, Carlo and I dis- 

 covered a third band of fugitives and drove 

 them back to camp. We also discovered 

 another dead sheep half eaten, showing 

 there had been two of the shaggy free- 

 booters at this early breakfast. They were 

 easily traced. They had each caught a 

 sheep, jumped over the corral fence with 

 them, carrying them as a cat carries a mouse, 



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