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eriy deodorized and concealed with the utmost 

 care. During my operations I kept my hands, 

 boots, and implements smeared with fresh 

 blood, and afterward sprinkled the ground with 

 the same, as though it had flowed from the 

 head; and when the traps were buried in the 

 dust I brushed the place over with the skin of 

 a coyote, and with a foot of the same animal 

 made a number of tracks over the traps. The 

 head was so placed that there was a narrow 

 passage between it and some tussocks, and in 

 this passage I buried two of my best traps, fas- 

 tening them to the head itself. 



Wolves have the habit of approaching every 

 carcass they get the wind of, in order to exam- 

 ine it, even when they have no intention of 

 eating it, and I hoped that this habit would 

 bring the Currumpaw pack within reach of my 

 latest stratagem. I did not doubt that Lobo 

 would detect my handiwork about the meat, 

 and prevent the pack approaching it, but I did 

 build some hopes on the head, for it looked as 

 though it had been thrown aside as useless. 



Next morning, I sallied forth to inspect the 

 traps, and there, oh, joy ! were the tracks of 

 the pack, and the place where the beef-head 

 and its traps had been was empty. A hasty 

 study of the trail showed that Lobo had kept 



