. The Rockies of Canada; . h had made unyielding knots in theleather straps. While we were getting at the fire-arms a miserable pet spaniel, which had hithertoproved utterly unfit to find or recover game, ran for-ward barking. With a sudden turn the whole bandmade off, showing their white rumps as they boundedaway for miles over the hills. We hunted them from our camp later. FredStephens shot one at long range, but the animalstruggled away and fell over some cliffs where it wasimpossible to follow. The next day two sheep ap-peared on the mountain five hundred feet above thecamp. They were look
. The Rockies of Canada; . h had made unyielding knots in theleather straps. While we were getting at the fire-arms a miserable pet spaniel, which had hithertoproved utterly unfit to find or recover game, ran for-ward barking. With a sudden turn the whole bandmade off, showing their white rumps as they boundedaway for miles over the hills. We hunted them from our camp later. FredStephens shot one at long range, but the animalstruggled away and fell over some cliffs where it wasimpossible to follow. The next day two sheep ap-peared on the mountain five hundred feet above thecamp. They were looking at us intently, and nodoubt wondering what manner of creatures we mightbe. Barrett and I made a long detour, and huntedcarefully all that day, but were not able to locatethem. We saw numbers of sheep on many occasionsin this particular place, which is never hunted by theIndians because of a certain superstition about thispart of the mountain. A most interesting experienceoccurred to Barrett one day when he was making a. Sud-ninence This was a wenty-seven le sky ! Mo nazement while nd curved horns ied to the saddle, march through rain elding knots in the getting at the fire- which had hitherto Head,of Rocky Mountain Sheep. en turn the whole bandrumps as they bounded imp later. Fred ong range, but the animal vrer some cliffs where it was he next sheep ap- five hundit the intently, and no inner of cr ; we might ng detour, and hunted e not able to locate on many occasions h is never hunted by the perstition about this itain. ;ng experience rett one le was making a
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