Lobo ^ 



Tie never was known to attack ©r lace a human 

 beinsr. Indeed, the set Doncv ot his band was 

 to take refuge in flight whenever, in the day- 

 time, a man was descried, no matter at what 

 distance. Lobo's habit of permitting the pack 

 to eat only that which they themselves had 

 killed, W2t^ in numerous cases their salvation, 

 and the keenness of his scent to detect the taint 

 of human hands or the poison itself, completed 

 their immunity. 



On one occasion, one of the cowboys heard 

 the too familiar rallying-cry of Old Lobo. and 

 stealthily approaching, he found the Currum- 

 paw pack in a hollow, where they had • round 

 ed up • a small herd of cattle. Lobo sat apart 

 on a knoll, while Blanca with the rest was en- 

 deavoring to * cut out * a young cow, which 

 they had selected ; but the cattle were standing 

 in a compact mass with their heads outward, 

 and presented to the foe a line of horns, un- 

 broken save when some cow, frightened by a 

 fresh onset of the wolves, tried to retreat into 

 the middle of the herd. It was only by taking 

 advantage of these breaks that the wolves had 

 succeeded at all in wounding the selected cow, 

 but she was far from being disabled, and it 

 seemed that Lobo at length lost patience with 

 bis followers, for he left his position on the hiW, 



