Contents. xi 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 THE COUGAR. 



Difficulty of killing the cougar My own failures Kill one in the mountains- 

 Hunting the cougar with hounds Experience of General Wade Hampton 

 and Col. Cecil Clay " Hold on, Penny " What the cougar preys on Its 

 haunts Its calls Rarely turns on man Occasionally dangerous In- 

 stances ... 335-347 



CHAPTER XVII. 

 A PECCARY HUNT ON THE NUECES. 



A trip in southern Texas A ranch on the Frio Roping cattle Extermination 

 of the peccary Odd habits Occasionally attacks unprovoked We drive 

 south to the Nueces Flower prairies Semi-tropical landscape Hunting 

 on horseback Half-blood hounds Find a small band of peccaries Kill 

 two How they act when at bay Their occasional freaks . . 348-360 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 HUNTING WITH HOUNDS. 



Old-time hunters rarely used dogs The packs of the southern planters Cours- 

 ing in the West Hunting with greyhounds near my ranch Jack-rabbits, 

 foxes, coyotes, antelope, and deer An original sportsman of the prairies 

 Colonel Williams' greyhounds Riding on the plains Cross-country riding 

 Fox-hunting at Geneseo A day with Mr. Wadsworth's hounds The 

 Meadowbrook drag hounds High jumping A meet at Sagamore Hill 

 Fox-hunting and fetishism Prejudices of sportsmen, foreign and native 

 Different styles of riding . . . . . . ... 361-385 



CHAPTER XIX. 

 WOLVES AND WOLF-HOUNDS. 



The wolf Contrasted with coyote Variations in color Former abundance 

 The riddle of its extermination Inexplicable differences in habits between 

 closely related species Size of wolf Animals upon which it preys At- 

 tacking cattle ; horses ; other animals ; foxes, dogs, and even coyotes 

 Runs down deer and antelope Coyotes catch jack-rabbits Wolves around 

 camp A wolf shot Wolf-hunting with hounds An overmatch for most 

 dogs Decinating a pack Coursing wolves with greyhounds A hunt in the 

 foot-hills Rousing the wolves The chase The worry Death of both 

 wolves Wolf hounds near Fort Benton Other packs The Sun River 

 hounds Their notable feats Col. Williams' hounds .... 386-411 



