CHAPTER XIX. 



IN A WILD ANIMAL REPUBLIC 



IN THE GLOAMING SMALL NOCTURNAL ANIMALS GHOSTS OF 

 THE CAMP FIRE EFFECT OF FREEDOM FROM PERSECUTION 

 PANTHERS KILL FOR THE FUN OF IT BAD GRIZZLY IS WAL- 

 LOPED WITH A STICK BY COL. JONES SCAVENGERS OF THE 

 PARK SOME BEAR STORIES A THING MUST SMELL LIKE A 

 MAN RAID THE KITCHEN WAGON GOOD RED BLOOD 

 HERE THE MOUNTAIN LION PROWLS PINE MARTENS, FISH- 

 ERS, OTTERS, MINK, BADGERS, BEAVER, GOLDEN CHIPMUNKS, 

 MULE DEER, ELK, MOOSE PREHISTORIC ANIMALS BISON 

 AND BIRDS 



IN A WILD ANIMAL REPUBLIC. 



All day the July sun has been shining with trop- 

 ical heat, causing the crystal mountain air to shim- 

 mer above the white, dusty roads; but now the fiery 

 ball is sinking behind the Sofatara plateau, the 

 lengthening shadows creep rapidly eastward over 

 glistening geyserite formations, and the coyote 

 chorus proclaims the restful evening. In the gloam- 

 ing the forests of pine, fir, and black spruce are 

 extremely somber; 'the camp fires shed a ruddier 

 glow ; bats creep from the hollow trees and launch 

 themselves on noiseless wings, and like a flitting 

 shadow the western flying squirrel sails by the 

 camper's face. As the shadows deepen, the small 



