I Bo CAVE AND CLIFF DWELLERS. 
not seen a single Tarahumari, although 
the trip occupied a number of days in their 
country, and took him where he should 
have seen two or three hundred if they 
had made no effort to escape his notice. 
The country thereabouts is well wooded 
and often heavily timbered, and the timid 
native, hearing the clang of the mule 
shoes on the rough, rocky trail, will at 
once retire to the seclusion of the nearest 
thick brush, and there wait until the in¬ 
truder is out of sight. 
They do not fly like a flock of quails 
suddenly surprised by the hunter, how¬ 
ever, for, if caught, they generally stand 
and stare it out rather than seem to run 
from the white man while directly in his 
presence ; but if the latter is vigilant and 
keeps his eyes wide open, he will often 
see them skulking away among the trees 
