CHAPTER VUL 



TTTLTUKE'S FEAST. DEAGOSTS BLOOD. A CORAL SKR- 



FEST. THE OWL, MEXICAN MOLES. TOUCAX5. THE 



SCOLOPACTD-E. L ? EXCTFEEAI>O TTRXED TAILOE. D X- 



left our bivouac at daybreak, first ascending and 

 then descending, sometimes mating our war through 

 thickets and other times through glades; suddenly a flock 

 of vultures attracted oar attention. A hideous spectacle 

 was now presented to our eyes. A coyote doubtless that 

 which PEncuerado had wounded the day before lay half 

 devoured on the ground, and more than fifty guests were 

 coming in torn for their share, and to tear, in turn, a strip 

 of flesh from the carcass. 



