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almost as much harm. On the other hand, he 

 does not a little good by killing prairie dogs, 

 ground squirrels, and other rodents that de- 

 stroy the farmers' crops. 



I never see a coyote nowadays without being 

 reminded of my old friend Medicine Bear, and 

 of the speech he addressed to me in a council 

 with reference to his support in the future. 

 He began something like this : 



I always think about living. If I was thinking of 

 dying I would have been dead long ago. I like to eat 

 and that is why I am living, and when I see you out 

 here, I see that I can still live, and that I am still going 

 to have some more meat. The only thing I am living 

 for now is eating. Ever since I have been living there 

 has not been a day of this time but I have had something 

 to eat, so it makes me feel good when I hear a man talk- 

 ing about how I can still live. 



George Bird Grinnell. 



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