THE ROUND-UP 



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IN A STAMPEDE. 



riders were already out when we arrived. The cattle were gathered in a 

 compact, wedge-shaped, or rather fan -shaped mass, with their tails to the 

 wind that is, towards the thin end of the wedge or fan. In front of this 

 fan-shaped mass of frightened, maddened beasts was a long line of cow- 



