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seem hardly properly to belong to this earth. 

 If the weathering forces have not been very 

 active, the ground will look, from a little 

 distance, almost like a level plain, but on 

 approaching nearer, it will be seen to be 

 crossed by straight-sided gullies and can- 

 yons, miles in length, cutting across the land 

 in every direction and rendering it almost 

 impassable for horsemen or wagon-teams. 

 If the forces at work have been more in- 

 tense, the walls between the different gullies 

 have been cut down to thin edges, or broken 

 through, leaving isolated peaks of strange 

 shape, while the hollows have been chan- 

 nelled out deeper and deeper; such places 

 show the extreme and most characteristic 

 Bad Lands formation. When the weather- 

 ing has gone on further, the angles are 

 rounded off, grass begins to grow, bushes 

 and patches of small trees sprout up, water 

 is found in places, and the still very rugged 

 country becomes the favorite abode of the 

 black-tail. 



During the daytime, these deer lie quietly 



