"I vote we take some slices out of our friend here," said Jerry.  His suggestions were generally very practical.  "I don't see why we should run the risk of losing our dinner altogether.  The chances are that another of these pumas finds him out and leaves us but poor pickings." I agreed to the wisdom of the suggestion, and so we supplied ourselves with enough meat for all the party.  We then raised a mark near our guanaco as we had done before.