For Forest and Stream and Rod arul Gun 
&r*aon U’olf $ 0 gs 
ABOUT forty m i] e8 west of San Luis Potosi the road to the 
crosses a double mountain-range, wSosecen 
tral valley, the terra tmplada of Zacatecas, is studded with 
s HI JwT. 8hCeP ranCh0S ’ wbile the u PP er ridges are 
foraian SST ^ ^ of & CaT 
In the summer of 1874 I crossed these highlands with a 
mounted guide and an old Mexican farmer who had joined us 
at Potosi with two of his Peom or Indian muleteers Rain S 
to pull his pony through a hedge of aloe-shrubs into the bed 
of the supposed creek, where, to our dismay, we found onlv 
streaks of moist sand and a slimy puddle here and there but 
not a drop of drinkable water. ’ 1 
"5 eVe £ “ ind ’.” 8aid lhe S uide » “ fbree miles up on this 
ver ^et r iSa 6PriDglhat bas ^ver disappointed me 
that confounded'hedge Somehow* l ° gCt baCk tbrou £ b 
ssms zz* * 
Caballeros agree to do all the flShtiJg^ i suwwSavo* ? ^ 
that tinkling and bleating in the bottom un^?her,f /n U * bea ^1 
Carillo’s sheepwalk ; he keeps a w eked s P et si v fnU at * ° ld 
would°they°?”° U “ ean? tbC d ° 8S W0uld not stampede her, 
•SjSS 11 'SS’SrjSrzsFS Si !Hs? 3 J 
Sr b n r d d 1 COllt K seemed an indispensable distinction therest 
too WrffA less . sbn ,Sgy. but too wolf-headed and a great deal 
too big to be mistaken for greyhounds. Tliev walked silpntfJ 
rtong the foot of the precipice, but eyed S a way £ ‘ £ 
Shnrk« d n m f ° f tbe upwa !' d leers of a sboal of hammer-headed 
sharks that accompanied our boat along the Yucatan coast 
askeJXt rSera ** " sht 8ille ° f «*««#, 
We]l, to say the truth, if they are as bad as thev t 
tbat , Mr ' Qta y°' B Same must be a dangerous pas 
sheph^d ? 1 ' 56 PU ^ they quite alone ? Where is P t he 
" Cooking his dinner in that willow grove, I suppose • I saw 
a smoke going up there a while ago. He has to five 
friends a wide berth while he has any meat in the pot - tliev 
WoniH\ f r* tbe a little 7 S£ £ the eve^/ 
Wouldn t do to make them too carnivorous, you know ” S " 
Do /ou suppose they 
Ho T ld my mare a moment.” Then to 
wm 
where Coco had treated him to a chunk of sour SrafisS It 
Coco's friend snarled, but also 
SJffi misunderstanding, till Don Pancho c^nfirmldlii! 
gloomier presentiments by grabbing his neck and ,i,f 
•me time. Coco with thl ultra-Lice SerWee™ 3 ft 
S be * volunteered Ins assistance, and between them thev 
fiiimg the pet over the precipice. 
When Daniel interviewed the lions in 4Jiat nrovol-m„ 
gSPM® well-bred forbearance of the noble qua draft 
if o b A Ve excelled tbe behavior of the Aragon pack dur- 
ing the first ten seconds after the arrival of their visitor T 
tff fumbled into a cactus-coppice, and before he could disc!? 
growfwM ten d 1 ^ b0d I ? aD8g< ? d t0 surround him, but not a 
grow l was heard nor a funeral note. Thev had slowlv mi i 
need within leaping distance ODdnow stood still, restraining | 
ps^sss 2231,1 fiff toSf? ,aiK , 0ne 
low to be visible from the centre of ■ and rn,bcr ''*> 
walked to the very foot of tbecliff LdMoh 8tCpped back - 
self, unobserved, through a withered hlnTiV 0 L 8queeze ber- 
of the cactus coppice. g gh9 git through ?,S ebU ? b “• ,he ed S» 
ble, for the mastiff started and half turned T q i 11 - e inaudi - 
rection of the cliff. tuiued bis bead in the di- 
(If ‘be Mexicans shoot a deserter fheVh.»/ ront lf- r regime “t 
the provost-marshal gives the h? y J^ d “ ge , luae y e9 . and 
He was riirht. Six bullets fired fr ™ V4Vln , s a handkerchief. ) 
musketoons could KrXy have doTl^T ° ld Spaniab 
certainly not more effcctuallv T,? WOrk SWlf ter, and 
mastiff gave that start tRrki tbe moment when the 
coughing roar, and ttough a maze of P nnr Up °- n hira witb a 
rigid, lancet-like prickle! was in thfir ^“Pme^aetus with 
mastiff rolled himself into the very Centre £ that S° Ugb T the 
sure that, with the exception of h;» u f , 1 maze - 1 ara 
every boAe in his tod? ^tcr ushed w m t bl8 . UPP<?r riba - 
The shepherd issued from his wiK ^ ,1“ t J veI 7? seconds, 
might and main, sore perplexed a> the^s nddf Dd wb,stled wi, h 
a moment the hounds lifted their^J™ suddcn uproar, and for 
might be a dinner-caU,^ filtey S^hutirfM ^ Wbat 
at ast 
mangled chinaco and lessened tbe^poSility^f a^reviv 1?° 
dismembering and disemboweling the carS by 
mmm 
Tr*^‘£iS£, t 2 SSilP a,m * io 
f “ sn,t ci,,itc6 “ fe 10 
iiiisislsll 
father sold bun last week,” be said, “but we have to hoard 
fn^A blS - DeW bos< l come9 back from Potosi. We soldbim 
to an American stock farmer who bought horses and ienS 
mont“ ' WaQt8 t0 ^ lbCm aDd the d °g t0 Cahfo?nia nex? 
He stopped us when we were about to enter the trranarv 
if ttsssss S Wf ’ - •« - «• «- OT 
fluous. A head that would have done credit to a werewolf 
glared upon us from behind a pile of old cunnv-lmcra n />i 
t r h a en e iin^ d f° g F08 f t0 bis feet ’ ^trSeSp^rlwo^and 
be M ea r Ped / 0rW I flrd W1 . tb a violence that jerked him off his 
fore feet and made the timbers of tbe building creak H-,™ 
wtotheotainta a B»m« re ct poatu™! awovihs tom 
Ahrnnf h d ?’ be , uttered s0,luds which I might describe as 
collar which now prevented him to collar its visitors w! be® 
came anxious to see the pups before night ^ 
old of? i d ni 8b f ! g , e v, rid °f b f collar ?” I asked at the thresh- 
Sg bitch. h foui-bcuse that had been allotted to the nurs- 
dueed h s AJr« aU f r i ght; T 0 ^ dn-t burt old friends or inlro- 
aSamJd ?,Z h f / C h 1 e l P lL We rai «' d ber from a pup 
Wonderful diSrenr 0 "u ^ tbiS - Vard ' “ nd ,bat “ akea a 
Se Sh fo?f t lfa y°, UD K Aragon hound has been in 
me Push lor a year or two, its no use trying to break him 
hunte? a, but-? at 8 WLat SP ° iled Scntillcla Ue is a splendid 
Too fond of two-legged game?” 
. i*' Since w e sold him — I might as well say the 
1 ^ TW h' d maD 18 afraid 0f bim - ,be brute treed him once.” 
1 reed his own master ?" 
^ e9 m y father caught him taking a square meal out of 
wEL o f at bC bad cri PP ,e<1 'bat morning, and all 
? b H!i b ? g W T ft i S °r 00 use , : 80 Le picked up a stone— hit him 
in the jaw, I be.ieve, aDd the brute flew at him like a panther 
Father made for a tree, but came near bemg too late, for the 
dog jumped and got at hia foot. Nabbed him in he bed 
and tore one of his moccasiM off.” 
sins !” Sh0Uld buvo been lem P*®cl to make lus hide InuTiowt 
to death rather thn! kill sli?cn P «nd ’ n , 0 , w0llId starv o 
eimaron (Oeis nurnUina) on ii« savv bun overtake a 
of the Sierra TolC «r? Un,l -, l, P . in lbu rocks 
to shoot him.” ^ alher could not flud it in his heart 
to T t bo ^bSn °m^tiff 19 the e heavf T ' 1 9t ' ong08t - and > ne *t 
«*«&. A full gniwr^LwL .fc! 1C8t , Vn r ot / of tbc g° uu * 
measures five fl-et from n<«« t, P° n ata,1(ls forty-six inches, 
inches around the body back of Ui’e^honM ’ Ut t ) lirt y- foup 
bead, sixteen to eighteen iStSm .« obouldera; length of 
the eyes, eighteen to t wontvfl'Jlf ’ • ar ? und be head, buck of 
attained by ohl— espcciallv nht ?»oi nC !° 8 ^ lb ° , Ialtcr "wasnre 
2U5 pounds. He has a d.?, ^ m d ? J ’ aad wci «l> 9 220 to 
semi -pendent eare renlrknU ,, bed , Wo1 fl8 H hcad . 8 bort, 
open cUm, a SS./TS “S' 'T ^ 
Spanish greyhound, ami the laVge bl.Sk woTf cf ShS fiher° r 
the 7>e,TO Vftor nr In/fi MUvo Cduutr y be is known aa 
SpSds^pply It £ SZdJSfa “ bSflS 
used for hoESlfsTn general Si“ov e^ouud here 
te, “ r “ ssfisi 
is ^e^ost'^gKMsWe^'of^all^arSnMi ^T° ™ lf - do K 
gJJi tl.iS 01 dj r c " a » vertebrato 1 competitorJ’ 
c r u o/ S vi ndict fven ess butinSi! l, i' n,,Ci,y , aud P"" 0 !’ 3 in 
gpilPM 
wh?tS ,<>U8e / riS ? n ' . Tbi8 p03t waa manned by three soldiers 
to ! ‘moryal. The uTS 
^ maabl “ d been bnbed, and aftor walking bis beat 
tew oc. S7th, W f e , M , lc r ttc gu 8 «SoS 
ThI? ?nA lb ^ unIock « d the door of the prison coll 
SnfthM il,Sr ad J r ' b V l 5 he ni ^ bt Wll - S 90 moonlight ami 
mrt fM,i b0 80l ?r r tb0ugbt 11 sa,cr to 9 1‘1> through the sally? 
port, if they could unfasten the gate. y 
u- A '.,?f'. tbe sergeant of the French guard was 
Listen . Loud screams, mixed with the battle-voice of a 
furious dog. sounded through the night air. “ That's the old 
°? bitch; ho posted herat 
the mam gate last evening ! Let me see. Oho ! the cell 
door o p en and— I thought so— the sentry gone ! Never mind 
quicken? J t!if°?ar n T 9ket31 . ?° ^ S!lll VP ort . double 
^ ° . P arad e-ground they were joined by the 
commander, who came running from bis quarters in hia 
tal^ k imi???o ; fi bUt b< j f0re the , y rtud,e d tbe gate they met a 
‘t; ", “Spanish mantle walking quietly toward the 
He stopped and doffed his bat when be recog- 
nlfiii 1 ? 6 9° mmandl? r; “Sorry to have tioubled you at tlus 
“ h«?f/y b T r ’ cabaIlero *” “Id be, with arch nonchalance, 
Ko t tb D Dl ^ l8 , a 7 80 8bort - y° u kn ow, and I hud promised 
to be in Puebla before sunrise.” 
, ' wer p chained like a dog when they brought you 
here, Mr. Artega,’ said the incensed officer, “and I took 
your irons off, because I mistook you for a gentleman. This 
is ray reward, it seems.” 
" Very sorry indeed to have disturbed the peaceful slumber 
of my keepers. W ell, messieurs, let the result of my experi- 
ment compensate you for your trouble. In the first place I 
have found out that a musket isn't as handy as a knife in a 
dogfight; and secondly, you see that a Mexican dog is more 
reliable than a French soldier." 
They locked him up and the sergeant sent two rneD to the 
sallyport ; but when they attempted to remove the corpse of 
their comrade an ominous growl in the dark gateway warned 
them to desist- They returned with lanterns and reinforce- 
