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fight than run away, and I have no doubt that 

 the coyote's device was to make the badger so 

 angry that it would follow him, and to draw it 

 along until a second coyote was met with, 

 when the two would attack the badger, and 

 kill and eat it. In a fight, a badger would be 

 more than a match for a single coyote, but 

 two of them could probably tire him out, and 

 at length kill him. 



A striking example of craft and intelligence 

 was seen last year (1896) at my ranch. We 

 have there a rather worthless yellow sheep 

 dog, which imagines that he can catch every- 

 thing that runs away from him, and spends 

 much time chasing coyotes, jack-rabbits, and 

 antelope. He never catches any of these 

 creatures, but he always chases them, and 

 after he has run himself down, comes back 

 with lolling tongue and a mortified air. The 

 coyotes often in the daytime come up within 

 one hundred and fifty or two hundred yards 

 of the house, and whenever the dog sees them, 

 he chases them out of sight. They do not 

 appear to be very much afraid of him, and 

 do not run away very fast. At night the 

 coyotes come up close to the door, and can 

 be heard all about the building, and at this 



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