. St. Nicholas [serial] . ,chiefly by reason of its inaccessibility, and thecost in time, money, and muscle required to getwithin gunshot of it. Its flesh is so musky anddry it is not palatable to white men, save whenthey are very hungry indeed; and goatskinsare so nearly worthless that I once purchasedseventy skins, fully tanned and dressed, foronly one dollar and~fifty cents each. Theywere originally sold in Denver, as raw pelts,for fifty cents each. Although the Mountain Goat is a very sure-footed and level-headed animal, he is said bythose who have hunted him (of whom I confessI am not one
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ,chiefly by reason of its inaccessibility, and thecost in time, money, and muscle required to getwithin gunshot of it. Its flesh is so musky anddry it is not palatable to white men, save whenthey are very hungry indeed; and goatskinsare so nearly worthless that I once purchasedseventy skins, fully tanned and dressed, foronly one dollar and~fifty cents each. Theywere originally sold in Denver, as raw pelts,for fifty cents each. Although the Mountain Goat is a very sure-footed and level-headed animal, he is said bythose who have hunted him (of whom I confessI am not one) to be a very stupid animal, andeasily killed when once the hunter reaches hishaunts. In actual weight he is about the sizeof the Virginia deer, but in bulk he seems tobe larger because of his shaggy fleece of wooland hair. The horns are small, smooth, and jet-black, and the hoof is a strange combination ofrubber pad on the inside and knife-edge on theoutside, to hold the owner on snow, ice, or barerock without CLUMP of daisiesgrew by theof a path thatat one end a side.«, had low-eaved, rose-em-bowered cottage standingby itself; at the other end thedaisies did not know what it had, for it woundout of sight. The daisies in this clump were five, all verybeautiful and equally touched at the tip ofevery petal with crimson. They were all dai-sies of fine sentiment, as well: at least, it iscertain that one of them, who in every externalpoint resembled the others, was capable ofdeep feeling. She opened to the sun at morn-ing a smiling eye radiant with gratitude, andin her language saluted him as brother; shedrank her dew and took her rain with appre-ciation, saying a little grace before and after;she bowed amiably to every breeze that passed,whispering in friendly recognition. This daisy,from the first day she came to consciousness,felt a peculiar softness and warmth, in what wemust call her heart, toward everything aroundher that seemed to her beautiful,— and, as often
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