214 HUNTING TRIPS 



in the sides of the hills the trees grow to 

 some little height. High buttes rise here 

 and there, naked to the top, or else covered 

 with stunted pines and cedars, which also 

 grow in the deep ravines and on the edges 

 of the sheer canyons. Such lands, where 

 the ground is roughest, and where there is 

 some cover, even though scattered and 

 scanty, are the best places to find the black- 

 tail. Naturally their pursuit needs very dif- 

 ferent qualities in the hunter from those re- 

 quired in the chase of the white-tail. In the 

 latter case stealth and caution are the prime 

 requisites; while the man who would hunt 

 and kill the deer of the uplands has more 

 especial need of energy, activity, and endur- 

 ance, of good judgment and of skill with the 

 rifle. Hunting the black-tail is beyond all 

 comparison the nobler sport. Indeed, 

 there is no kind of plains hunting, except 

 only the chase of the big-horn, more fitted 

 to bring out the best and hardiest of the 

 many qualities which go to make up a good 

 hunter. 



