\'III. Sheriff's Work ox a Ranch 



III 



Illustrations: ax old-time mouxtain man with his ponies -initial — the 

 caftcre of the german: -'hands up.'"— the capture of finnigan—" take 

 off your boots.'" — doivn-stream— on guard at night— "a sharp prelim- 

 inary tussle" — on the road to dickinson — tail-piece, a texan cowboy 

 — an agenci' policeman. 



IX. The Ranchman's Rifle on Crag and Prairie 131 



Illustrations: an elk— i-xitial — bringing home the game— a prong-horn 

 buck risits camp— the buck overtaken— tail-piece, our camp — mountain 

 lions at the deer cache. 



X. The Wapiti, or Round-Horned Elk 147 



Illustrations: our elk outfit at the ford — i ail-piece — heralding the 



SUNRISE. 



XI. The Big-Horn Sheep 153 



Illustrations : a mountain hunter— shot/— tail-piece, a Montana cowboy. 



XII. The Game of the High Peaks: The White Goat .... 171 

 Illustrations: a pony of the northern rockies — initial— in a canon of 



the CCEUR D'ALiNE — DOWN BRAKES/— THE INDIANS WE MET— THE FIRST SHOT 

 — STALKING GOATS— THE WHITE GOAT AT HOME —TAIL-PIECE, ADIOS. 



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