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be obtained for them, and $1 each for coyotes. 

 You need have no apprehension of danger to your- 

 self from these grey timber - wolves, for I have 

 never heard of one attacking a man. A good plan 

 for making a few dollars during the winter is to 

 make small incisions in any dead beast that you 

 may find lying on the prairie, and fill them with 

 strychniae. In the course of time, as the wolves 

 devour the carcass, they are bound to swallow some 

 of the poison, and cannot get far away before they 

 drop dead. 



In sheep-ranching more than a little depends 

 upon the herder. This is the whole secret, in fact, 

 and a really first-rate, competent man can earn good 

 wages the year round ; but he is obliged to lead a 

 lonely Ufe the greater part of the year. Many a 

 herder has to pass the time from November to the 

 following April in a tent (heated by a stove, with 

 sheep-dung frequently as fuel), or at best a draughty 

 shack, sometimes only seeing a human being once 

 a month — ^viz., the man who brings him his stores 

 and supplies from the ranch miles away. Should 

 a blizzard come up unexpectedly before he has time 

 to get his flock into the shed for shelter, and his 

 charges should stampede before it, he must take 

 things philosophically, snatch up what food may be 

 handy, and keep with them wherever they may go, 



