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were so like those of a playful puppy that he 
hardly seemed a wild creature. Finally he 
arose and went his way while I went mine. 
Again as I was resting on a level grassy 
stretch by the creek bed while my horse 
cropped the grass, a lank little jackrabbit 
appeared, ambling along and intent upon his 
thoughts, for he did not stop until he had 
come very near. Paying no attention to me 
whatever, he began to hop leisurely around in 
a circle with that peculiarly loose-jointed mo- 
tion, head down and feet kicked out behind, 
which characterises certain Indian dances. 
He had not been at this long before a second 
lank little jackrabbit approached, and follow- 
ing behind the first, the two performed a veri- 
table dance as if for my benefit. Occasionally 
they would pause to nibble a leaf and then 
resume their hop-step. These two quaint 
figures, all legs and ears, solemnly capering 
on the green at the foot of a great yellow 
cliff, made a picture ever to be associated 
with an Arizona garden. 
Strange as it may appear, no other animal 
is feared in Arizona as the skunk, one or more 
species of which have the habit of approach- 
ing and biting the ranchman or prospector 
asleep upon the ground. As the animal is 
