'Mighty little, so long as you have the dog with you. He"s as good as
any cowboy.' And then Merry Dick explained that Bob"s duties lay in
riding around and driving back the cattle that strayed from the herd,
especially in the morning, and in case of a stampede, than which there
is nothing more dreaded by cowboys, in outrunning the leaders and
changing their direction, yelling and waving arms, until the frenzied
animals are made to tire themselves out traveling in a circle.
