. Fig. 5. Head of the collie and of the coyote. Note similarity in outline and general effect weapons, however, the man was match for anything that roamed the forest or the plain, and with them he has established and made good his claim as lord of all creation. Need for additional food. But all this was still harder upon the hunted, and game was rapidly killed off or driven away, till many a time the hunter returned empty-handed. Then it was that a few nuts or seeds gathered by the women brought grate- ful relief from what would otherwise have been distressing fast. ^ Reference has already bee


. Fig. 5. Head of the collie and of the coyote. Note similarity in outline and general effect weapons, however, the man was match for anything that roamed the forest or the plain, and with them he has established and made good his claim as lord of all creation. Need for additional food. But all this was still harder upon the hunted, and game was rapidly killed off or driven away, till many a time the hunter returned empty-handed. Then it was that a few nuts or seeds gathered by the women brought grate- ful relief from what would otherwise have been distressing fast. ^ Reference has already been made to the fact that our American Indians had made dogs out of the coyote or wild wolf of the prairie. * As late as the times of the Old Testament, even the wild ass is frequently alluded to as a symbol of swiftness. This is especially true in Job and the prophets, having reference, probably, to the Syrian wild ass figured in the Ninevite sculptures.


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