THE story of the coyote. 
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When a hunter’s patience has been exhausted by their night yelping, he 
will sometimes take his gun and steal out for a shot at them. If he succeeds 
in shooting one o>f them, the others will pounce upon the wounded animal, 
drag him down and devour him. 
One good dog is a match for several coyotes, and if the animal has been 
trained to fight them, it can put a pack of them to> flight. 
A MEXICAN COYOTE. 
But so many dogs of the western prairie are inbred with wolves and 
coyotes, that they will often associate together on the most friendly terms. 
The association is usually bad for the dog, as there have been numerous cases 
where dogs have deserted their masters to take up a roving and precarious 
existence with coyotes. 
