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NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Photograph 2.— THE LINE FOLLOWED BY THE HERD. 



I. Six goats browsing at 12.30 p.m. 2. Goat standing guard 2.30 p.m. 3. Four goals appearing 



at top of clifif. 4. Edge of clifif where first and second series of photographs were taken. 



5. Niche in cliff where third series of photographs were taken. 6. Snow-bank on 



ascending trail. 7. Summit of trail where goats disappeared. 



4X5 plate, with a Goerz Series III, No. 2 lens, provided with a 

 shutter capable of 1,000-second exposure, and film packs. I owed 

 the selection of the country to the advice of Mr. Hornaday and 

 the cooperation of his friend Mr. John M. Phillips, who has 

 hunted and photographed in this region for several years, and 

 through whom I secured the expert guidance of Mr. Charles L. 

 Smith and Mr. R. M. Norboe, both trappers and hunters of many 

 years' experience. 



On August 29th, during the first five minutes' survey after 

 reaching the summit north of Goat Creek — a small western tribu- 

 tary of the Elk — Mr. Smith directed my attention to a herd of 

 six goats. This was the introduction to one of those rare pieces 

 of good fortune which occasionally delight the naturalist. It 

 occurred at 11.30 a.m., and between that hour and 5.30 p.m. I was 

 able through continued good fortune to photograph these animals 

 eighteen times. The photographs I consider only fairly success- 

 ful, but they serve to illustrate a series of observations of the 



