All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . GOAT AND KID. THE MOUFFLON. The Moufflon is found in the mountains of Sardinia. It is a fine-lookingcreature, having two thick, three-sided horns curling back toward the shoulderswith a graceful sweep, and, although a true sheep, is much larger than anyof the family that aretame. Although large-ly hunted, it is by nomeans extinct. Its sight, hearing,and smell are all good,and one has only to at-tempt to shoot a mouf-flon to find this slightest odor ofman in the wind or thegleam of a gun-barrelis enough to ruin theshooting; for the restof
All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . GOAT AND KID. THE MOUFFLON. The Moufflon is found in the mountains of Sardinia. It is a fine-lookingcreature, having two thick, three-sided horns curling back toward the shoulderswith a graceful sweep, and, although a true sheep, is much larger than anyof the family that aretame. Although large-ly hunted, it is by nomeans extinct. Its sight, hearing,and smell are all good,and one has only to at-tempt to shoot a mouf-flon to find this slightest odor ofman in the wind or thegleam of a gun-barrelis enough to ruin theshooting; for the restof the day. Once theleader of the flock hassighted an enemy, henot only runs away,but keeps his eye opento prevent a secondattack being made. On one occasion ahunter fired at a flock ofmoufflons and broughtone down. He spentthe rest of the day,from early morning tosunset, trying to catchup with them every time he cameto any high ground theold leader was watching for him and promptly gave the alarm to the flock, whoimmediately dashed off
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