150 Reminiscences of 



if any one bom and habited to low altitudes can ever 

 become as efficient in physical ability in extreme high 

 elevations as if bom there. 



In Ward's Mexico it is related that Englishmen 

 there brought out greyhounds to course for the hare, 

 plentiful on the elevated mesa lands The greyhounds 

 were found inefficient, but the offspring bred there were 

 found successful in the chase. 



A S elk did not abound in our locality we again 

 -'^ moved our camp south about forty miles, to a 

 small stream tributary to the Gunnison River, which 

 in turn flowed into the Rio Colorado. Here we located 

 near the Divide, where we found more game than we 

 had yet seen in Colorado, — bear, both grizzly and cin- 

 namon, bighorns, elk, and deer in abundance, and 

 mountain lions. We had but little desire for bear 

 meat, and were quite satisfied in witnessing the signs. 

 We killed several elk and deer, and finally a moun- 

 tain lion, after many miles of tramping, and having 

 about given up the hunting, having no dogs suitable for 

 following, as our three dogs were of a mongrel kind and 

 untrained to such sport. They, however, one day in 

 advance of us, surprised a lion at the remnants of a 

 deer we had killed, which almost immediately treed, 

 instead of making off as usual for rough and difficult 

 grounds. A single shot brought the lion down mor- 

 tally wounded, but with life enough left to very badly 

 mutilate one of the dogs which too abruptly rushed 

 upon him. He proved to be a very old one, and thin 

 in flesh, but with a large, fine pelt, which we carried 

 out with us in our collection of elk horns, bighorns. 



