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nullity s, uii.l l>iv;ikn I Is of unnn-jiMin-d ravim-s 



the t'llll pOWel ..f thos, matchless monuments of t||,- old- 



tini' M is impressed upon tli.- iniiiil. And tln-n tin- 



laying low tin- game that haunt* tin-in. Might well 

 did tin- Indian lmnt-r know what tested manhood, wln-n 

 In- wn-nch,-,! tin- great sdmeter-shaped daws from tin- l-i 



tin- dead gri//ly ami .strung tln-m around his tn-ck 

 BS a token t" pm\e a man. Tiling have diaiiL r <-l \\ith linn-, 

 tin- ritl- has supplant---! th,- l.w. Lilt in t hin^ has sii]|.la 

 tin- ^i-ix/ly ; In-isjl., ami kin;; !' tin- \\iNl.s.aml his 



da\\s an v, t tin- |ruul-st oi-nann-nt tin- sasa_^- can w.-ar ami 

 his skin tin- most \alm-l tn>|,hy ,,!' tin- whit- sp, ,rts|i,an. I'j) 

 al">\t- tin- ;ri//.ly's ran-, an |,,uinl tin- white goats ami tin- 

 famous l.i^-honi nmuntain sl,,-,.j), both eagerly sought afto-r ly 

 spoitsiin-n : tin- latt-r -s|,.'cially. owin^ t<> tin- .-\tr.-nn- l..-auty 



<\ tln-ir In-a'ls. 



< >utsi,|,- (' tin- Ix-ars tin- s|.ort.sinan runs littl'- chance of 

 getting into <litliculty. Tru--. it is dainn-,1 l.y s,,ni,- that tin- 

 jmnia is an ugly custom, -r. writers .-vi-n go SO I -say 



that In- is nn>n- ilangt-rous than t-\,-n tin- gri/xly. ami s,.nn-- 

 tinn-s j,r..vi-s his sii],,-riority in a c|is].nt.- o\,-r a 01 ^udi 



statvnn-nts I ldi-vi- to l,c nn-ri- rul>lish: for tin- puma, litln- 

 ami powerful though In- he. is, to my notion, a -r-at. long- 

 taih-,1. Ke-whiskei-.-'l cowan I. a l>ravoof most terrifying ap- 

 (earance. Km mighty can-fill of his hamlsonn- skin : in fact, 

 what In- is generally termed Ky tin- ln-r,|,-rs ami hunters a Kig 

 sm-al, 



'1'lle hamlsolnest gallle of the Uockie- ll's,-. the HoKle 



Ik. or wapt i. Tln-ir immense 1. ranch ing antlers ami tin- clean- 



liliM|-lik'- a].|iearance of their heads make tln-m j>artic-u- 

 larl; \,-ornaim-nt _--ntleman sportsman's home, 



ami tln-y an- ii demand. The sp.-des is now ran- in 



many localities u hi-n- tln-y fornn-i-ly aKoiimled. Km they are 

 still plentiful aimmg the foot hills of tin- Rockies. and they ran 



Ke found in tin- North-West Territories, and in Mani? 

 tmrth of Selkirk, and in the I Mick ami Hiding Mountains and 

 also Ketwe.-n I'oi'tagi- la IVairie and I'.ramlon. u.s aln 



