Show close observers of nature the most successful beast tamers are generally small wiry fellows with plenty of nerve and a good tock toc kf of trade g secrets e derived from the close study tu ay of wild animals in the latter respect savages wh their outdoor mode of life have a consid KabIe wable advantage over their cl civilized riv rivals as in the chilean andes the naturalist made the acquaintance of a creole farmer who confessed that he had experimented for several years before be succeeded in capturing a live alpaca he ha had imitated the tr traps aps of the indians their method of L xing fixing them in the sand of the river riverbanks backs their precaution in obliterating the traces of their footsteps but all in vain till an indian renegade revealed the secret namely that the alpacas select their drinking places where there is an audible ripple in the current of the river perhaps for the samo same reason that cows prefer a brook to a pond and a running spring to a abug sluggish gish cree creek k the murmuring of the stream seemed to suggest the idea of purer and cooler water and where the current was slow the indians contrived to produce a ripple by an artificial obstruction san francisco chronicle |