covered the country as far as the eye or glass would 

 reach. 



Passing Beatty's Butte our course was laid in the 

 direction of Guano Lake, a place much frequented by 

 the antelope in former years. At present the bed of 

 the lake is but a diy and dusty plain. Late in the after- 

 noon we arrived at the northwestern point of the lake. 

 Cautiously following the trail that led around the 

 west shore, we kept a sharp lookout for any antelope 

 that might l^e in the vicinity. 



On rounding a point of rocks. Dr. Field suddenly 

 raised the glasses to his eyes, and pointing them at an 

 object out on the dry lake bed some distance ahead, 

 exclaimed, "I see one, and it's a doe." 



Looking in the direction indicated I observed not 

 only the antelope, but also a large coyote following her. 

 She was moving along slowly, but soon disappeared, 

 together w4th the coyote, behind a point on the trail 

 ahead. Further observation revealed a solitary buck 

 farther out, but making for the bench land that rose 

 abruptly on our right. Four more antelope were dis- 

 covered, making a total of six in the dry bed of Guano 

 Lake. 



We then moved on as far south as the Barry 

 Ranch, where we met a man by the name of Powell, 

 who estimated the number of antelope in the vicinity 

 as being about twelve. This was rather alarming news, 

 as Dr. Field a year previously had counted sixty-five. 



It was now growing late, so we concluded to return 

 a short distance north toward the Shirk Ranch and 

 camp for the night on the shore of the dry lake bed, 

 having made sixty-nine miles that day, over rough 

 country. 



As the howls of the coyotes were heard through- 

 out the night in every direction, it was very evident 

 they w^ere quite numerous in this vicinity. 



In the morning I climbed over the rocks to the 

 bench above, where quite an extended view could be had 

 of the dry and level lake bed. After carefully scrutin- 

 izing the country and marking down several objects 

 for closer investigation, yet seeing no signs of antelope, 



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