A Thousand-Mile Walk 
ing their great size, he wears gracefully and be- 
comingly — have procured for him the homely 
nickname, by which he is commonly known, of 
“Jackass rabbit.” Hares are very abundant 
over all the plain and up in the sunny, lightly 
wooded foothills, but their range does not ex- 
tend into the close pine forests. 
Coyotes, or California wolves, are occasion- 
ally seen gliding about the Hollow, but they are 
not numerous, vast numbers having been slain 
by the traps and poisons of sheep-raisers. The 
coyote is about the size of a small shepherd- 
dog, beautiful and graceful in motion, with 
erect ears, and a bushy tail, like a fox. Inas- 
much as he is fond of mutton, he is cordially 
detested by “sheep-men” and nearly all cul- 
tured people. 
The ground-squirrel is the most common ani- 
mal of the Hollow. In several hills there is a 
soft stratum in which they have tunneled their 
homes. It is interesting to observe these rodent 
towns in time of alarm. Their one circular 
street resounds with sharp, lancing outcries of 
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