the trader a wink, and said in a low tone of voice to him: "That man
loves his horse and he loves his affianced bride, but the bride elect
will conquer. Hold on and he will sacrifice the horse to please the
girl. His love for her is the deepest feeling." Sure enough this
came true, and we never regretted that it was so. The pony proved a
valuable addition to our stock of animals.

Besides the many dangers to his flock which a person runs the risk
of, both from the numerous accidents to which it is liable, and the
unwelcome visits of the Indians when thus traveling, there are others
which may occasionally happen to his own person. He may be, while
standing guard, suddenly attacked and bitten by a mad wolf. On this
event occurring, he is almost certain to be seized with that terrible,
and we might as well add incurable disease, hydrophobia, which renders
him a most pitiful object to behold. From a human being so recently
respected and beloved by his companions, a person, thus unfortunate,
is suddenly changed into an object most dreaded and detested. A party
of Mexicans in charge of a large herd of sheep, a few years since,
were bound to California. One night a large, ferocious wolf entered
the camp, and bit a man in the leg. Symptoms of hydrophobia very soon
set in, and in a short time the victim was a confirmed case of the
disease. His comrades had no proper means of taking care of and
transporting him, as they were hundreds of miles from the nearest
house. They were superstitious, and believed that all would die if
they kept the man's company any longer; accordingly, they drove a
stake in the ground, to which they inhumanly secured him; and, after
depositing a small allowance of provisions near by, they left him to
die. Human bones were afterwards found near the identical spot where
it was said this unfortunate incident happened, which afforded
strong circumstantial evidence that the man had eked out a miserable