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WILD BEASTS AND THEIR WAVS 
CHAP. X 
splendid specimen; on inquiring, the cook had 
thrown it away, “because at this season jackass 
rabbits fed upon sage shoots, and the flesh tasted 
of sage! ” 
As we shall return to the Big Horn range when 
treating upon the habits of wapiti and other animals, 
I shall now refer to the Indian bears, and com¬ 
mence with the most spiteful of the species, Urstis 
labiatus. 
