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flushed an adult from the
grassy plateau at the summit.
This was contained in her stomach,
grass chiefly, with some shrub
I could not identify. Two goats
were shot by us on the P.P.
14) This morning I dragged
another goat on the cliffs, by a shot
directly above at some 40 yds. This one
was averaging 3 yrs old. The stomach
contents was largely grass. In
the afternoon I went across
the river down the workmen village
down the road where I dragged
two more goats. The first
was a 5 grazing on the first
cliff, on a level with the road,
he was 30 yds away, I
missed him at first shot, he
then ran under a fallen dead
tree & stood where I could see
him but when I shot he rolled
down cliff as this induced him
suddenly fell over backward
& rolled off the cliff dead. He
was shot from the heart.
Returning from down river,
the guide pointed out another goat
standing at mouth of a
small cave near the same