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We have nice little horses which climb the most extraordinary places you can imagine. Get Mother to show you some of Gustave Dore's trees; the trees on these mountains look just like them. WE HAVE NICE LITTLE HORSES WHICH CLIMB THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY PLACES YOU CAN IMAGINE GET MOTHER TO SHOW YOU SOME OF GUSTAVE D'ORAY'S TREES THE TREES ON THESE MOUNTAINS LOOK JUST LIKE THEM
as affectionate toward men (and especially toward me, as I pet them) as our own home dogs. At this moment a large hound and a small half-breed bull-dog, both of whom were quite badly wounded this morning by a cougar, are shoving their noses into my lap to be petted, and humming defiance to one another. They are on excellent terms with the ranch cat and kittens. The three chief fighting dogs, who do not follow the trail, are the most affectionate of all, and, moreover, they climb trees! Yesterday we got a big lynx in the top of a pinon tree--a low, spreading kind of pine--about thirty feet tall. Turk, the bloodhound, followed him up, and after much sprawling actually got to the very top, within a couple of feet of him. Then, when the lynx was shot out of the tree, Turk, after a short scramble, took a header down through the branches, landing with a bounce on his back. Tony, one of the half-breed bull-dogs, takes such headers on an average at least once for every animal we put up a tree.  TO FIGHT ONE ANOTHER BUT THEY ARE AS AFFECTIONATE TOWARD MEN AND ESPECIALLY TOWARD ME AS I PET THEM AS OUR OWN HOME DOGS AT THIS MOMENT A LARGE HOUND AND A SMALL HALF BREED BULLDOG BOTH OF WHOM WERE QUITE BADLY WOUNDED THIS MORNING BY A COUGAR ARE SHOVING THEIR NOSES INTO MY LAP TO BE PETTED AND HUMMING DEFIANCE TO ONE ANOTHER THEY ARE ON EXCELLENT TERMS WITH THE RANCH CAT AND KITTENS THE THREE CHIEF FIGHTING DOGS WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THE TRAIL ARE THE MOST AFFECTIONATE OF ALL AND MOREOVER THEY CLIMB TREES YESTERDAY WE GOT A BIG LYNX IN THE TOP OF A PINON TREE A LOW SPREADING KIND OF PINE ABOUT THIRTY FEET TALL TURK THE BLOODHOUND FOLLOWED HIM UP AND AFTER MUCH SPRAWLING ACTUALLY GOT TO THE VERY TOP WITHIN A COUPLE OF FEET OF HIM THEN WHEN THE LYNX WAS SHOT OUT OF THE TREE TURK AFTER A SHORT SCRAMBLE TOOK A HEADER DOWN THROUGH THE BRANCHES LANDING WITH A BOUNCE ON HIS BACK TONY ONE OF THE HALF BREED BULLDOGS TAKES SUCH HEADERS ON AN AVERAGE AT LEAST ONCE FOR EVERY ANIMAL WE PUT UP A TREE
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