A VERY WHITE EWE. 223 



I found that the hair on the moose hide was 

 quite two inches long, and so close and thick 

 that it effectually kept the cold from coming 

 through from the frozen ground beneath. Ly- 

 ing on this slab of moose hide, and covered 

 with Coghlan's wolfskin robe, I x^assed a most 

 comfortable night, and slept soundly until it 

 was broad daylight. I then again made tea 

 and roasted some more meat, and after I had 

 examined the two carcases to make sure that 

 there were no bears about, walked up the 

 valley until I had reached the source of the 

 creek which ran down its centre. 



I saw a good many tracks of moose and sheep 

 of recent date in the snow, but did not come 

 across any of the animals themselves until on 

 my way back to where I had slept I spied a 

 flock of eleven sheep on the hillside above me. 

 There was unfortunately no ram amongst them, 

 but there was a very white ewe whose skin I 

 thought Mr. Sheldon would like to have to add 

 to his series of specimens for the Washington 

 Museum. 



This animal I succeeded in shooting, and 



