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 CHAPTER XXIV

Y acquaintance with Pumas began when I was a little girl of six years.

At that time we lived in a log cabin perched high like an eagle's nest in the aerie heights of the grim Sierra Nevadas.

The wild animals were very plentiful and of many varieties.

Grizzly and black bear, wildcats, wolves, coyotes, and mountain lion or Puma, were abundant.

The lakes abounded in many varieties of beautiful water fowl and many different kinds of fish. My brother was the crack fisherman of the family and kept our table well supplied with the finny fellows. We had a few domestic fowls. The prize pair were two fine, handsome turkeys. We were very proud of them and the day that we discovered our hen turkey had built herself a nest