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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



PAGE 



HUNTING. — THE LASSO. — WILD CATTLE. . . 58 



CHAPTER VI. 



DEER STALKING. DESTROYING DEER. — DEER 



SHOOTING. KING OF THE VULTURES. SIGHT OR 



SMELL. 82 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE TAPIR. THE JAVALINO. THE PIG SIEGE. 



THE SIEGE RAISED. ANECDOTE 96 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE BULL AND PANTHER. PANTHER HUNTING. 



RENCOUNTER. THE DEATH. — ANECDOTE. A FALSE 



POSITION. CURIOUS INCIDENT .... 107 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE PUMA. PERILOUS ESCAPE. — THE TIGER-CAT. 



CAPTURE. ........ 125 



CHAPTER X. 



WHY A DOG BARKS. THE DEER AND THE CUYOTES. 



— -CUYOTE SIEGE. —ANECDOTE. — DROWSINESS CURED. 134 



