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Chapter 5

           IcrossedLivermoreValleyandthemountainsbetweenitandthegreatvalleyoftheSanJoaquin. Youhaveneverseenthatvalley,butitisverylargeanditisthehomeofthewildhorse. Therearegreatdrovesthere,thousandsandtensofthousands. Irevisiteditthirtyyearsafter,soIknow. Youthinktherearelotsofwildhorsesdownhereinthecoastvalleys,buttheyareasnothingcomparedwiththoseoftheSanJoaquin. Strangetosay,thecows,whentheywentwild,wentbackintothelowermountains. Evidentlytheywerebetterabletoprotectthemselvesthere. 

           “Inthecountrydistrictstheghoulsandprowlershadbeenlessinevidence,forIfoundmanyvillagesandtownsuntouchedbyfire. Buttheywerefilledbythepestilentialdead,andIpassedbywithoutexploringthem. ItwasnearLathropthat,outofmyloneliness,Ipickedupapairofcolliedogsthatweresonewlyfreethattheywereurgentlywillingtoreturntotheirallegiancetoman. Thesecolliesaccompaniedmeformanyyears,andthestrainsofthemareinthoseverydogstherethatyouboyshaveto-day. Butinsixtyyearsthecolliestrainhasworkedout. Thesebrutesaremorelikedomesticatedwolvesthananythingelse.” 

           Hare-Liprosetohisfeet,glancedtoseethatthegoatsweresafe,andlookedatthesun’spositionintheafternoonsky,advertisingimpatienceattheprolixityoftheoldman’stale. UrgedtohurrybyEdwin,Granserwenton. 

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