1892 
San Luis 
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of does among the oaks on a hillside and, taking my stand on a rooky 
point overlooking them, sent my man around behind them. They were 
some 300 yards from me and as my man drew near them they listened to 
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him with upraised heads and when he was within about 30 steps among 
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the dense brush they bounded away in ray direction. Taking advantage 
of the openings, I broke one's foreleg and she fell in the bushes at 
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about 260 yards. The other came on and I also broke its leg, but it 
kept on and finally ran close up to the rocks where I stood and lock- 
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ed back toward the first cause of alarm. By leaning over the edge 
of the rocks I was able to bring it down by a shot through the hips. 
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A search for the first one showed where it had fallen and a 
bloody trail for a short distance after which the rocky soil gave no 
further trace. All over the tops of these mountains I found the 
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ground dug up in spots by a species of Conepatus but failed to catch 
any in my traps. Aphelocama couch!. a Juneo. and Pipllo mexicanus 
were the most common birds. 
These mountains are very steep and are little more than a series 
of high, narrow, rocky ridges between deep canons. A few charcoal 
burners and some gatherers of Saecaton grass stalks for brooms were 
the only people we saw except the monteros of the Hacienda of Jesus 
Maria who were sent with me by the owner of the Hacienda and who ex- 
erted themselves to be useful. Senor Cabrera, the owner, furnished 
me with the entire outfit and generously refused to permit me to 
repay him in any way. 
Several interesting snakes and lizards were secured in these 
hills,- one rattlesnake I found coiled up on an oak branch about 4 ft, 
from the ground. These people have a great terror of the short¬ 
legged lizards I took, saying that they are poisonous. When I skinned 
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the deer, the blood was carefully saved by the people who said that 
it was good for the heart and stamaoh as a medicine. 
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