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D. Strong
1925
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background that until I saw the young sheep in silhouette
we couldn't disting. them. They trotted off over the
sharp ridge and we went after them full speed travelling
over and around cliffs we would have shuddered at any
other time.
A few glimpses showed we were driving them out on
the point bordered by the canyon and the desert and that
we would surely get a shot. We reached the top of the
high ridge bordering the desert -- a magnificent sight,
the desert below us to the east, the vast barren rock
ridges around us and the towering barrier of the San
Pedro Martir blocking out all the west. Occasional
glimpses showed us the sheep were still ahead and we
raced up and around the precipitous ridge, at last on
Desert
cliffs
Sheep
Canyon Carrot Trail!
Camp Creek
N E W S
= where sheep were from?
o where we caught up
& them
eastern rim we worked around a steep bluff and there
only 60 yds ahead of us stood two sheep, standing out on
a sloping rock looking over the desert. We were about
to shoot, one was an old dwe the other a yearling ram,