Field notes, v1670
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D. Strong 1925 (Copy) 180 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,