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Title: Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds, and in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946
Subjects: Animals Animals Animals Animals Animals
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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rown by a curling root, she lost afew more precious yards. The Wolves werealmost within leaping distance when Kragreached the shoulder-ledge. But a shoulderabove means a ravine below. In a moment,at that call of distress, Krag wheeled on thenarrow ledge and faced the foe. He stood toone side, and the three Ewes leaped past him andon to safety. Then on came the Wolves, witha howl of triumph. Many a Sheep had theypulled down, and now they knew they soonwould feast. Without a pause they closed, butin such a narrow pass, it was one at a time. Theleader sprang; but those death-dealing fangsclosed only on a solid mass of horn, and back ofthat was a force that crushed his head againsthimself, and dashed him at his friend behindwith such a fearful vim that both were hurledover the cliff to perish on the rocks. On camethe rest. The Ram had no time to back up fora charge, but a sweep of that great head wasenough. The points, forefronting now, as theydid when he was a Lamb, speared and hurled 78
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ni Wheeled and Kuced the 1oe. Kragf, the Kootenay Ram the next Wolf, and the next; and then Kragfound a chance to back up and gather hisforce. None but a mad Wolf could have failedto take warning ; but on he came, and Krag, insavage glory of the fight, let loose that livingthunderbolt,—himself,—and met the last of thefurry monsters with a shock that crushed himflat against the rock, then picked him up on hishorns as he might a rag, and hurled him farthestyet, and standing on the edge he watched himwhirl and gasp till swallowed in the chasm. The great Ram raised his splendid head,blew a long blast from his nostrils, like a war-horse, and gazed a moment to see if more werecoming; then turned and lightly bounded afterthe Ewes he had so ably guarded. From his hiding-place young Lee took in thewhole scene with eager, sparkling eyes. Onlyfifty yards away from him it had passed. He was an easy mark — fifty yards, standing;he was a splendid mark, all far beyond oldScottys wildest talk.

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