CONTEXTS. XI 



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get butted over A tardy capture Flavour of wild mutton-cutlets 

 Dogs for sheep-hunting A hunt in the War Eagle Mountains 

 Our success A cougar scared "Dancing" sheep Bighorns 

 waiting for their leader Adventure of the guide with a war-party 

 of Indians Defeat of the latter . &V.J 



CHAPTER XV. 



Foxes very numerous in the West Hunting clubs Various species 

 and varieties of foxes Difference between the American and the 

 European red fox Size, colour, characteristics, and value of fur of 

 the prairie, cross, black, silver, swift, and arctic foxes Difference 

 between the red and the gray fox The latter trees, but rarely runs 

 to earth A true woodland animal Its food Is being superseded 

 by the red species The dwarf or island fox Lives on insects 

 F'earlessness and numbers Cause of its diminutive size Value of 

 fox-skins in commerce. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Hares Their abundance The "jack rabbit" Mark Twain's opinion 

 of its speed Marvellous tales of pioneers What constitutes an 

 Oregon mule Coursing clubs California greyhounds Charac- 

 teristics of the water-hare Swims like a retriever How it escapes 

 its pursuers -The swamp-hare Its peculiar appearance Measure- 

 ments The Washington, prairie, California, wood, and sage hares, 

 and the smaller varieties Peculiar character of Baird's rabbit 

 The males suckle the young Dissection by a surgeon How 

 Indians and whites capture hares ...... 



CHAPTER XVII. 



The Raccoon, Opossum and Squirrel families Number of species 

 How hunted Two negroes and a coon-stew Best way of shoot- 

 ing squirrels. . . . . . . . . . . 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Haunts, habits, and mode of capturing the Wolverine, Mink, Fisher, 

 Marten, Ermine, Musk-rat, Skunk, Badger, Land and Sea Otter, 

 Fur-seal, Beaver, and Showtl An unpleasant adventure while 

 after fur-seals Enormous destruction of fur animals Latest 

 statistics . 



