. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. too many for the comfort of the sheep raisers. I knewalso that deer were to be found in large numbers aixlthat there were cougars, which are called Mexican lions, 20 PHILIP OF TEXAS and panthers, together with wildcats and such a list of game as that for a fellow who wasas fond of shooting as I was ! Then again, one of our neighbors who had been inTexas told me of the wild hogs, or peccaries, as theyare sometimes called, that go in droves of from half a. dozen to twenty or thirty,and are very fierce whenstirred wolves co
. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. too many for the comfort of the sheep raisers. I knewalso that deer were to be found in large numbers aixlthat there were cougars, which are called Mexican lions, 20 PHILIP OF TEXAS and panthers, together with wildcats and such a list of game as that for a fellow who wasas fond of shooting as I was ! Then again, one of our neighbors who had been inTexas told me of the wild hogs, or peccaries, as theyare sometimes called, that go in droves of from half a. dozen to twenty or thirty,and are very fierce whenstirred wolves concerned me most just then, for youknow that these animals are exceedingly fond of sheep,and he who herds a flock on the range must keephis eyes wide open for those four-footed kinds of wolves were to be found in Texas:the black wolf which was rare, the coyote, and the FATHER GOES TO SPY OUT THE LAND 21 lobo or gray wolf. The last two were great sheepstealers and many ui number. It seemed to me then, as it has many times since,that it would be great sport to hunt those sheep eatersand lay up a goodly stock of their pelts, for a wolfhide, when taken in the proper season, makes an ex-cellent bed covering, whether it be in a house or onthe open prairie. From the time that father began to talk of joiningPeterss colony, I spent a good portion of my timelearning all that was possible concerning this republic,the people of which were eager to come into the UnitedStates. I found, as any one can who will mak
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