CAUGHT AT LAST 



he were trying to catch a sheep, Jones went forward, 

 a long stick in his hand, and from the bank above 

 pushed the noose down on the Honess. 



Naturally she sprang at him, but was caught by 

 the noose, and after one of the most exciting struggles 

 that white men were ever engaged in with a savage 

 beast, she was captured, caged, and sent to the Bronx 

 Park Zoological Gardens, New York. It was a unique 

 and wonderful piece of work, requiring unstinted skill 

 and pluck on the part of the cowboys. 



This was the only animal we did not release after 

 capture. It was kept to prove the power of man over 

 wild animals, even although he may be armed with 

 nothing more formidable than a piece of hemp. 



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