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esting to watch, yet the ever-changing 

 mountain scenery amid which they dwell, 

 often rewards the searcher for sheep even 

 when no sheep are found. At times the 

 sheep are found at low elevation, as for 

 instance along the canon edge at ToAver 

 Falls; or on heights easily reached, as 

 on Specimen Ridge. Nevertheless they 

 are never far from cliffs toward which 

 they can flee in times of danger. As 

 usual with animals living in such places, 

 they are accomplished climbers, often 

 going up and down cliffs at high speed 

 where an experienced mountain man 

 would not care to follow at any speed 

 however slow. If they slip, they do not 

 seem to care but somehow manage to 

 catch footing farther on. While all 

 the hoofed animals fight among them- 

 selves to some extent, the mountain 



sheep in this respect are in a class by 

 themselves. Not only do they fight all 

 winter and summer when the deer and 

 elk are quiet and peaceable; but they 

 are continually at it merely for the fun 

 of it; even lambs a few months old spend 

 minutes at a time charging and butting. 

 While the battles of the deer are usually 

 either twisting or pushing matches, the 

 sheep charge each other at full speed; 

 springing into the air just before meet- 

 ing, they come down and together with a 

 terrific crash. Again and again they 

 draw apart for another try; and again 

 and again they come together with all 

 the force that is in them. 



But the most interesting of all the 

 Yellowstone animals is the pronghorn or 

 antelope. An object of curiosity and 

 controversy among scientists since the 





I III- inontrliorii or :iiilili)|ic- is most intnrosliiif; ol nil llir liDnled aniiiuils of Yellowstone National Park. The 

 fale of Ihc aiili'lopc dcjifrxls on llic iircscrvation of the Yellowstone herd, some six hundred animals — a difBcult 

 problem, for antelope are wild and heedless of danger. The herd was reduced a few years ago by the escape of fifteen 

 hundred across I he northern boundary of the park where they disapi)eared as though the earth had opened to receive 

 them. The park scouts give more attention to the antelope than to any other of their charges 



