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D. Strong
1925
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when a kid, about two months old came out on the rock
and began to nurse. He was dark mouse color -- with
white buttucks and short horns. For perhaps twenty
minutes we watched these three sheep thru the glasses --
the youngster acted as though he owned the mountain, he
was interested in us for a short while then went to his
mother and sitting down on his back haunches began to
nurse butting his mother in the flanks with his short
budding horns. This was evid. a diff. group than the
one we were after, no rams came into view, so we studied
them at our leisure thru field glasses. The ewe was
dun gray with black patches, she was old and scarred.
The yearling buck had horns which looked yellow
He was lighter than the & and in splendid cond.
belly almost white and the buttocks light, the short
tail black. Finally they began to pick their way leis-
urly down the ridge, walking with ease over the sharply
sloping rocks. The kid romped along bounding after his
mother. They went out of sight below us and we had no
desire to shoot. The intimate glimpse, the majestic
desolate setting and the thrill of the risky chase were
sufficient.
As we suspected, the other sheep had preceded them
down the ridge and we saw no more. Watched the Duck
hawks wheeling around the ridge and finally worked our
way down the ridge in about two hours getting to camp
all in but satisfied.