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dinner. As it was the highest bit of scenery in sight the sheep took 

 refuge in the middle of it, and cleared a space on which to make a final 

 stand. Mother, being the wife and mother of a hunter, and being 

 descended from a long line of that ilk, did, regardless of the law, still 

 pursue; but, before she could make her way down stairs, the doughty 

 big-horn had cleared the table of every dish, with contents, and they lay 

 scattered around as if the place had been struck by a Kansas cyclone. 



"The mater made a charge on Ovis canadensis, but failed to bring 

 him down. She then called in the pater, and, after some persuasion, 

 the irate big-horn was taken away. 



"About that time I arrived on the scene, and with dignity proceeded 

 to read Mother the clause in the game laws which says: 'You shall not 

 pursue, or cause to be pursued, etc., etc.,' upon which she informed 

 me that I was the one who had caused the sheep to be pursued by allow- 

 ing it to come near the house, and that she would fine me the price of 

 a new set of dishes, and sentence me to go without my dinner. As she 

 had the law in her own hands, I had to submit. 



"This is the second time I have been turned down as game warden, 

 and I think I shall resign." 



It is quite useless to transplant from the Rocky Moun- 

 tains to the Atlantic coast either mountain sheep lambs 

 or goat kids only two or three months old, and expect 

 them to survive. To such delicate animals, the shock of 

 such a change is too great. They are easily upset. The 

 longer they can remain in their home country, the bet- 

 ter; and it is very unwise to move them before they are 

 six or seven months old. Even then it cannot be man- 

 aged successfully save by an attendant to travel with the 

 animals, and care for them on the way. 



In October, 1904, Mr. B. T. Van Nostrand, a Brook- 

 lyn sportsman on a hunting tour to the Columbian 

 Rockies, personally conducted two mountain goat kids 

 for us from Fort Steele to New York, and the animals 



