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would make a feint of attack, and lure the dam into a rush at him, while
the other stole round to get at the kid. The dam, as always with these
spirited little prong-bucks, made a good fight, and kept the assailants
at bay; yet I think they would have succeeded in the end, had I not
interfered. Coyotes are bold and cunning in raiding the settler's
barn-yards for lambs and hens; and they have an especial liking for tame
cats. If there are coyotes in the neighborhood a cat which gets into the
habit of wandering from home is surely lost.
Though, I have never known wolves to attack a man, yet in the wilder
portion of the far Northwest I have heard them come around camp very
close, growling so savagely as to make one almost reluctant to leave the
camp fire and go out into the darkness unarmed. Once I was camped in the
fall near a lonely little lake in the mountains, by the edge of quite a
broad stream. Soon after nightfall three or four wolves came around camp
and kept me awake by their sinister and dismal howling.
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