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on the ground for two hours during the daytime, you 

 will find very little of him left by the ubiquitous vul- 

 tures but skin and bones ; whilst at nights in any part 

 of the country where there is game, a carcass will 

 seldom escape very long from the visits of lions 



TENT PITCHED IN THE SHELTER OF THE FOREST. FROZEN RIVER IN 

 THE FOREGROUND 



hyenas, or jackals. But in the solitudes of the Rocky 

 Mountains at least in that part of them where I 

 was hunting there are no vultures, wolves, or coyotes, 

 but few bears or wolverines, and not even many foxes, 

 lynxes, or martens. In fact, so scarce are all beasts and 

 birds of prey that although we set traps round all the 

 carcasses of the wapiti I killed, and left three of the 



