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CHAPTER XIII. Small Country Neighbors 391

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SMALL COUNTRY NEIGHBORS 391

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⁂ Seven of these Chapters have been recently written; the others have been revised and added to since they originally appeared in the publications of the Boone and Crockett Club and in Mr. Caspar Whitney’s “Deer Family.”

ILLUSTRATIONS

THEODORE ROOSEVELT Frontispiece Photogravure from a photograph.

FACING PAGE GOFF AND THE PACK 5

TURK AND A BOBCAT IN TOP OF A PINYON 12

BOBCAT IN PINYON 16

STARTING FOR A HUNT 33

THE FIRST COUGAR KILLED 37

AFTER THE FIGHT 44

COUGAR IN A TREE 50

BARKING TREED 63

STARTING FOR CAMP 68

AT DINNER 74

THE PACK STRIKES THE FRESH BEAR TRAIL 77

DEATH OF THE BIG BEAR 83

STEWART AND THE BOBCAT 86

THE PACK BAYING THE BEAR 88

A DOILY BEAR 91

THE BIG BEAR 94

STARTING TOWARD THE WOLF GROUNDS 101

GREYHOUNDS RESTING AFTER A RUN 104

AT THE TAIL OF THE CHUCK WAGON 108

THE BIG D COW PONY 112

ABERNETHY AND COYOTE 116

ABERNETHY RETURNS FROM THE HUNT 125

BONY MOORE AND THE COYOTE 129

ON THE LITTLE MISSOURI 138

CAMPING ON THE ANTELOPE GROUNDS 156

RANCH WAGON RETURNING FROM HUNT 182

ELKHORN RANCH 216

THE RANCH HOUSE 238

THE RANCH VERANDA 248

THE PACK TRAIN 264

TROPHIES OF A SUCCESSFUL HUNT 277

TROPHIES IN THE WHITE HOUSE DINING-ROOM 284

ANTELOPE IN THE STREETS OF GARDINER 294

BLACKTAIL DEER ON PARADE GROUND 299

ELK IN SNOW 304

OOM JOHN 309

BEARS AND TOURISTS 311

GRIZZLY BEAR AND COOK 314

THE BEAR AND THE CHAMBERMAID 316

THE NORTH ROOM AT SAGAMORE HILL 324

RENOWN 341

HIS FIRST BUCK 343

ALGONQUIN AND SKIP 344

PETER RABBIT 346

THE GUINEA PIGS 348

FAMILY FRIENDS 350

JOSIAH 354

BLEISTEIN JUMPING 356

THE BEAR HUNTERS 366

LISTENING FOR THE PACK 376

AUDREY TAKES THE BARS 396

THE STONE WALL 402

ROSWELL BEHAVES LIKE A GENTLEMAN 414

ROSWELL FIGHTS FOR HIS HEAD 418

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⁂ The cuts for Chapter I are from photographs taken by Philip B. Stewart; those in Chapter II, from photographs taken by Dr. Alexander Lambert and Philip B. Stewart; those in Chapter III, from photographs taken by Dr. Lambert and Sloan Simpson; those in Chapter IX were obtained through Major Pitcher; most of the others are from photographs taken by me or by members of my family.

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