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coyote seems to appreciate the coming of the emi- 

 grant. With the greatest of enjoyment he lives 

 off of fat lamb or veal, and no cleric relishes 

 chicken any better than he. In the most unlocked 

 for places, sometimes not forty rods from the 

 barn, the coyote rears a husky family of five 

 to ten young, and manages to support them in 



THE OLD WOLF SHOT AND HELPLESS. 



comfort and affluence despite the high cost of 

 living, which because of him is made even higher 

 for all meat consumers. 



In the spring the coyote welcomes lambing 

 time, and when the band of sheep are driven to the 

 summer range he accompanies the outfit. Many 

 a lamb in straying too far from its mother pro- 

 vides a juicy dinner for the unseen but ever- 

 present coyote. In the fall, he returns, invig- 



