. 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 . pressure becamevery unpleasant. The enemy felt she was get-ting the worst of it, so she sniffed, turned, and,shaking her head, rejoined her friends. TheSpikerdoe walked after her, while little Nubbins,utterly puzzled, stuck close to her side. Theflock wheeled and ran, but circled back, and asthe Spiker stood her ground, they crowdedaround her, and she was admitted one of theirnumber. This was the ceremony, so far as shewas concerned. But Nubbins h
. 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 . pressure becamevery unpleasant. The enemy felt she was get-ting the worst of it, so she sniffed, turned, and,shaking her head, rejoined her friends. TheSpikerdoe walked after her, while little Nubbins,utterly puzzled, stuck close to her side. Theflock wheeled and ran, but circled back, and asthe Spiker stood her ground, they crowdedaround her, and she was admitted one of theirnumber. This was the ceremony, so far as shewas concerned. But Nubbins had to establishhis own footing. There were some seven oreight Lambs in the flock. Most of them wereolder and bigger than he, and, in common withsome other animals, they were ready to perse-cute the stranger simply because he was first taste of this that Nubbins had wasan unexpected bang! behind. It had alwaysseemed very funny to him when he used to giveWhitenose a surprise of this kind, but now thereseemed nothing funny about it; it was simplyannoying. And when he turned to face theenemy, another one charged from another direc-33. Krag, the Kootenay Ram tion ; and whichever way he turned, there was aLamb ready to butt at him, till poor Nubbinswas driven to take refuge under his course she could protect him, but he couldnot stay there always, and the rest of the daywith the herd was an unhappy one for poorNubbins, but a very amusing one for theothers. He was so awed by their numbers,the suddenness of it all, that he did not knowwhat to do. His activity helped but morning it was clear that the others in-tended to have some more fun at his of these, the largest, was a stocky littleRam. He had no horns yet, but when theydid come they were just like himself, thick-setand crooked and rough, so that, reading ahead,we may style him Krinklehorn. He cameover, and just as Nubbins rose, hind legs first,as is Sheep fashion, the other hit him squ
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