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without a stop for rest, at last we reached the
beginning of the uplands, were were circling
a grassy hillside just below the summit
when three splendid rocks deer jumped
to their feet and stood looking at us not
100 feet away. Then with a smart the
three bucks dashed down the slope o
of the other side. Hardly had they
they had not yet disappeared when
two others crowded into the bottom of
the draw. It was a sore temptation
to let them go but my old hunter
had his hand up in my arm for
fear I would readily shoot.
Crossing the summit trip ups hill
we sat down for a look around.
Almost instantly 3 Before us
that nearly a mile away lay three
shallow grass filled valley dropped
steeply down from the rolling
uplands. Almost instantly only
glasses caught the moving forms
of three sheep in the bottom of the
central valley.
"Pan young" I said to the Pan young
"Yes yes, I see them" he answered "we
has very big horns" He was quite right
for its largest carried a
splendid head + its others was by no
means small. The third was a tiny ewer