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ing their great size, he wears gracefully and be- 

 comingly — have procured for him the homely 

 nickname, by which he is commonly known, of 

 "Jackass rabbit." Hares are very abundant 

 over all the plain and up in the sunny, lightly 

 wooded foothills, but their range does not ex- 

 tend into the close pine forests. 



Coyotes, or California wolves, are occasion- 

 ally seen gliding about the Hollow, but they are 

 not numerous, vast numbers having been slain 

 by the traps and poisons of sheep-raisers. The 

 coyote is about the size of a small shepherd- 

 dog, beautiful and graceful in motion, with 

 erect ears, and a bushy tail, like a fox. Inas- 

 much as he is fond of mutton, he is cordially 

 detested by "sheep-men" and nearly all cul- 

 tured people. 



The ground-squirrel is the most common ani- 

 mal of the Hollow. In several hills there is a 

 soft stratum in which they have tunneled their 

 homes. It is interesting to observe these rodent 

 towns in time of alarm. Their one circular 

 street resounds with sharp, lancing outcries of 



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