CONTENTS. XVII 



PAQM. 



NAL GRAPE-SflOT — NATURE'S BOMB-SHELLS — CRAWLING BEDOUINS — 

 "THAR THEY HUMP" — THE SLAOGHTER BEGUN — AN INEFFECTUAL 



CHARGE — "KETCI1ING THE CRITTER " — RETURN TO CAMP CALVES' 



HEAD ON THE STOMACH — AN UNPLEASANT EPISODE WOLF BAITING, 



AND HOW IT IS DONE, 280-29- 



CHAPTER XX. 



THE CAYOTES' STRYCHNINE FEAST CAPTURING A TIMBER WOLF A FEW 



CORDS OF VICTIMS — WHAT THE LAW CONSIDERS "INDIAN TAN" — 



"FINISHING" THE NEW YORK MARKET A NEW YORK FARMER'S 



OPINION OF OUR GRAY WOLF — WESTWARD AGAIN EPISODES IN OUR 



JOURNEY — THE WILD HUNTRESS OF THE PLAINS — WAS OUR GUIDE A 



MURDERER? THE READER JOINS US IN A BUFFALO CHASE THE 



DYING AGONIES, 292 305 



CHAPTER XXI. 



"CREASING" WILD HORSES — MUGGS DISAPPOINTED — A FEAT FOR FIC- 

 TION — HORSE AND MONKEY HOOF WISDOM FOR TURFMEN PROS- 

 PECTIVE CLIMATIC CHANGES ON THE PLAINS — THE QUESTION OF 

 SPONTANEOUS GENERATION — WANTON SLAUGHTER OF BUFFALO — 

 AMOUNT OF ROBES AND MEAT ANNUALLY WASTED — A STRANGE 

 HABIT OF THE BISON — NUMEROUS BILLS — THE "SNEAK THIEF " OF 

 THE PLAINS, 336-317 



CHAPTER XXII. 



A LIVE TOWN AND ITS GRAVE-YARD — HONEST ROMBEAUX IN TROUBLE 



JUDGE LYNCH HOLDS COURT MARIE AND THE VINE-COVERED COT- 

 TAGE THE TERRIBLE FLOODS — DEATH IN CAMP AND IN THE DUG- 

 OUT — WAS IT THE WATER WHICH DID IT? — DISCOVERY OF A HUGE 



FOSSIL THE MOSASACRU8 OF THE CRETACEOUS SEA A GLIMPSE 



OF THE REPTILIAN AGE — REMINISCENCES OF ALLIGATOR-SHOOTING 



THEY 8UGGEST A THEORY, . 318-329 



