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ning and trots off to some nearby hill, where, 

 while the water drips off his lolling tongue, he 

 watches the race, and gets his breath again. 

 After a little, the antelope passes near another 

 coyote, which in turn takes up the pursuit. 

 And so the chase is kept up until the poor 

 antelope is exhausted, when it is overtaken 

 and pulled down by one or more of the 

 hungry brutes. Of course the coyotes do not 

 catch every antelope they start. Sometimes 

 the game runs such a course that it does not 

 pass near any of the waiting wolves, and only 

 the one that starts it has a* / running to do. 

 In such a case the pursuit is soon abandoned. 

 Sometimes the antelope is so stout and strong 

 that it tires out all its pursuers. 



Yet the wolves catch them more frequently 

 than one would think, and it is not at all 

 uncommon to see coyotes chasing antelope, 

 although, of course, to see the whole race 

 and its termination is very unusual. Often if 

 a wolf running an antelope comes near to a 

 man he gives up the chase, and that par- 

 ticular antelope is saved. It is a common 

 thing for a coyote to chase an old doe with 

 her kids just after the little ones have begun 



to run about. At that time they are very 



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