PHOTOGRAPHING A MOUNTAIN GOAT 191 



me, we slipped another roll of films into the stereo 

 camera. 



" Just as we finished our reloading operation, Kaiser 

 took a look down at the goat, at very close range, when 

 all of a sudden, like a Jack-in-the-box, the old billy was 

 up from the ledge and after him. Kaiser ran to us 

 for protection, the goat charging after him, most deter- 

 minedly. Mack and I yelled, and waved our arms, and 

 finally turned the goat down over the point, this time 

 with Kaiser chasing him. 



" They were soon out of our sight, but we could hear 

 the rocks rolling below, and knew that they were going 

 back across the slide. So we slid off the crags into the 

 head of the slide, and running across at some risk to our 

 necks, finally turned the goat on to a small pinnacle, 

 about where we first jumped him. 



" It was here that I secured some of my best pictures. 

 Mack, perched on the top of the crag, attracted the goat's 

 attention and tantalized him by waving his hat, while 

 I made pictures as fast as possible. We had to keep 

 Kaiser in the background, for apparently the goat blamed 

 him for all his troubles, and I believe Billy was mad 

 enough at that time to charge the dog through fire. 



" My footing was very insecure, and being obliged to 

 hold on with one hand and watch the goat in fear that 

 he would charge me, I could not use the finder of my 

 camera. Once as the goat charged up the rock at Mack 

 I got in close to him, when he suddenly turned on me, 

 gritting his teeth as he did so. His lip protruded like 

 the lower lip of a charging bear, and with his front feet 



