. The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America . Natural history. 114 ORDERS OF MAMMALS—HOOFED ANIMALS. HORNS OF ASIATIC AND AMERICAN MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 1. Siberian Argali. No. 1 in list on page 112. 2. Marco Polo's Sheep. A specimen of medium length, only. 3. Big-Horn. No. 4 in list. A very large pair. 4. White Sheep. No. 5 in list ; of unusual length. sheep; black sheep; Big-Horn; Nelson's and Mexican sheep. It requires no stretch of the imagination to behold Bering Strait choked with the great polar iee-pack, and hardy, strong-limbed be
. The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America . Natural history. 114 ORDERS OF MAMMALS—HOOFED ANIMALS. HORNS OF ASIATIC AND AMERICAN MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 1. Siberian Argali. No. 1 in list on page 112. 2. Marco Polo's Sheep. A specimen of medium length, only. 3. Big-Horn. No. 4 in list. A very large pair. 4. White Sheep. No. 5 in list ; of unusual length. sheep; black sheep; Big-Horn; Nelson's and Mexican sheep. It requires no stretch of the imagination to behold Bering Strait choked with the great polar iee-pack, and hardy, strong-limbed bears, wolves, mountain sheep and reindeer crossing over the sixty miles that now separate Asia from Alaska, and spreading in all directions over North Amer- ica. I fully believe that the parent stock of our mountain sheep, caribou, moose, wolves and bears came from Asia by this route. The Rocky Mountain Goat, or White Goat,1 1 O-re am'nos mon-tan'us. is the only American represent- ative of the numerous species of wild goats, ibexes and other goat-like animals so numerous throughout the Old World from Japan to India, southern Europe and northern Africa. Thus far with but one excep- tion all the rumors of "ibex" thathave come from Wyoming, Colorado, Montana and Brit- ish Columbia have proven en- tirely without foundation. In one case a Colorado hunter discovered a small band of once-tame goats running wild and reported it to Recreation magazine, with a photograph of amounted specimen. While it is possible that a genuine Capra may yet be found inhabiting some unexplored region, like the Romanzoff Mountains, such an occur- rence is very improbable. The only use or value thus far found Goat is as men who like difficult and dangerous tasks. With but few exceptions, it inhabits the grassy belt of the high mountains just above tim- ber-line, and it particularly loves the dangerous ice-cov- ered slopes and "hog-backs" over which only the boldest hunters dare follow
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