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Emboldened
by
the
absence
of
the
enemy
most
dreaded
by
them
,
the
pack
was
soon
reassembled
,
once
more
exhibiting
the
truculent
ferocity
for
which
these
cowardly
creatures
are
celebrated
.
It
was
first
displayed
in
a
very
unnatural
manner
--
by
the
devouring
of
their
own
dead
--
which
was
done
in
less
time
than
it
would
have
taken
the
spectator
in
the
tree
to
have
counted
a
score
.
To
him
their
attention
was
next
directed
.
In
swinging
his
hammock
,
he
had
taken
no
pains
to
conceal
it
.
He
had
suspended
it
high
enough
to
be
out
of
their
reach
;
and
that
he
deemed
sufficient
for
his
purpose
.
The
cloak
of
dark
cloth
was
conspicuous
,
as
well
as
the
figure
outlined
within
it
.
The
coyotés
clustered
underneath
--
their
appetites
whetted
by
the
taste
of
blood
.
It
was
a
sight
to
see
them
lick
their
red
lips
after
their
unnatural
repast
--
a
fearful
sight
!
He
who
saw
it
scarce
regarded
them
--
not
even
when
they
were
springing
up
to
lay
hold
of
his
limbs
,
or
at
times
attempting
to
ascend
by
the
trunk
of
the
tree
!
He
supposed
there
was
no
danger
.
There
was
danger
,
however
,
on
which
he
had
not
reckoned
;
and
not
till
the
coyotés
have
desisted
from
their
idle
attempts
,
and
stretched
themselves
,
panting
,
under
the
tree
,
did
he
begin
to
perceive
it
.
Of
all
the
wild
denizens
,
either
of
prairie
or
chapparal
,
the
coyoté
is
that
possessed
of
the
greatest
cunning
.
The
trapper
will
tell
you
it
is
the
"
cunningest
varmint
in
creation
.
"
It
is
a
fox
in
astuteness
--
a
wolf
in
ferocity
.
It
may
be
tamed
,
but
it
will
turn
at
any
time
to
tear
the
hand
that
caresses
it
.
A
child
can
scare
it
with
a
stick
,
but
a
disabled
man
may
dread
its
attack
.
Alone
it
has
the
habit
of
a
hare
;
but
in
packs
--
and
it
hunts
only
in
packs
--
its
poltroonery
is
less
observable
;
sometimes
under
the
influence
of
extreme
hunger
giving
place
to
a
savageness
of
disposition
that
assumes
the
semblance
of
courage
.
It
is
the
coyotés
'
cunning
that
is
most
to
be
feared
;
and
it
was
this
that
had
begun
to
excite
fresh
apprehension
in
the
mind
of
the
mustanger
.
On
discovering
that
they
could
not
reach
him
--
a
discovery
they
were
not
long
in
making
--
instead
of
scattering
off
from
the
spot
,
the
wolves
,
one
and
all
,
squatted
down
upon
the
grass
;
while
others
,
stragglers
from
the
original
troop
,
were
still
coming
into
the
glade
.
He
saw
that
they
intended
a
siege
.
This
should
not
have
troubled
him
,
seeing
that
he
was
secure
in
his
suspended
couch
.
