=8.= He saw a bison carcass black with crows, etc.
This picture is unique, cruel, almost revolting, but wonderfully
true.
=18.= To die contending with a living foe,
=19.= Than fight the yielding distance and the lack.
To engage in a short struggle with a visible foe with a definite
end near and certain is far easier than to endure the long drawn
and indefinite. This is because man is primarily well equipped
for the immediate struggle of hunting and war, but is not gifted
by nature with power to endure.