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they would jump, backward and forward, while I was 

 working on my sketch. 



In the olden days when the buffalo, elk, and antelope 

 covered the Western prairie it was sometimes a difficult 

 problem for the buckskin-clad trapper and plainsman 

 to get within rifle shot of the prong horns, and it was 



Horse Studying Art 



then that he resorted to various absurd maneuvers, 

 such as lying on his back with his feet in the air to excite 

 the curiosity of the timid game. In this or some similar 

 way he would induce the little creatures to approach 

 within range of his deadly, " new purchase " rifle, and 

 then he seldom failed in securing at least one of the 

 bunch. 



Men devoid of curiosity would make no investigation, 



