The Roosevelt book; selections from the writings of Theodore Roosevelt . be thus gained. THE BIG-HORN SHEEP It has happened that I have generally huntedbig-horn during weather of arctic severity; sothat In my mind this great sheep Is Inseparablyassociated with snow-clad, desolate wastes, Ice-coated crags, and the bitter cold of a northernwinter; whereas the sight of a prong-buck, thegame that we usually hunt early In the season,always recalls to me the endless green of themidsummer prairies as they shimmer In thesunlight. Yet In reality the big-horn is by no meansconfined to any one climatic z
The Roosevelt book; selections from the writings of Theodore Roosevelt . be thus gained. THE BIG-HORN SHEEP It has happened that I have generally huntedbig-horn during weather of arctic severity; sothat In my mind this great sheep Is Inseparablyassociated with snow-clad, desolate wastes, Ice-coated crags, and the bitter cold of a northernwinter; whereas the sight of a prong-buck, thegame that we usually hunt early In the season,always recalls to me the endless green of themidsummer prairies as they shimmer In thesunlight. Yet In reality the big-horn is by no meansconfined to any one climatic zone. Along theInterminable mountain chains of the Great Di-vide It ranges south to the hot, dry table-landsof middle Mexico, as well as far to the north-ward of the Canadian boundary, among the tow-ering and tremendous peaks where the glaciersare fed from fields of everlasting snow. Thereexists no animal more hardy, nor any betterfitted to grapple with the extremes of heat andcold. Droughts, scanty pasturage, or deep snows make It shift its ground, but never mere 156. Q. -6 UJ a UJ a I u (/) 1—t u z s QC T3 O I 6 >« m ^ J3 O 5 &> (- o 4-* o JQ en cd Q 6 < o 111 X £ The Big-Horn Sheep 157 variation of temperature. The lofty mountainsform its favorite abode, but it is almost equallyat home in any large tract of very rough andbroken ground. It Is by no means an exclu-sively alpine animal, like the white goat. It Isnot only found throughout the main chains ofthe Rockies, as well as on the Sierras of thesouth and the coast ranges of western Oregon,Washington, and British Columbia, but It alsoexists to the east among the clusters of high hillsand the stretches of barren Bad Lands thatbreak the monotonous level of the great plains. Throughout most of Its range the big-hornIs a partly migratory beast. In the summer itseeks the highest mountains, often passing abovetimber-line; and when the fall snows deepen itcomes down to the lower spurs or foot-hills, ormay even tra
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