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[[underline]] 128 [[/underline]] The last trap of the line was not visited except by the cattle, who had pawed it out.

The big, branded calf in a 4 1/2 trap with stone drag had gone some 20 rods & I found him in a gulch.  Was following the drag mark & expecting every minute a wolf to [[bounce?]] up but the calf was a more difficult & less satisfactory subject to handle.  I caught him the chain of the trap & then by the ear when he began to bawl in terror.  His terror was no greater than mine for there were some 20 cows & 2 old bulls just out on the mesa & my life