Wolves and Wolf Nature 



out by coyotes, and that it is not confined to 

 any one territory is shown by an account 

 given by Miss Florence A. Merriam, in Forest 

 and Stream, where she quotes a conversation 

 with a California ranchman, which indicates 

 that coyotes are everywhere very much alike. 

 The man said to Miss Merriam : 



" We used to miss our pigs when they were 

 a month or six weeks old, and one day when I 

 was carrying on the piling business I come 

 out to the ranch and the hogs were up here, 

 and I rode along, and as I got on to the rise 

 where that black stump is," pointing out of 

 the window toward the pasture fence, " I saw 

 one of the old hogs chase a coyote. I thought 

 it was a dog first, and stopped to see. Then 

 I saw another coyote and the other hog was 

 after him." 



Two coyotes commonly work together, it is 

 said ; one to decoy the guardian of the young, 

 while the other does the stealing. 



" The little pigs was scart," the ranchman 

 went on, " and they stood themselves up in a 

 little pyramid pile while the old hogs was 

 chasing the coyotes away. One coyote would 

 come up and the hog would chase him, but 

 the coyote would keep a-going to get the hog 



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