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typical goat-feeding- grounds of the distant mountain into view 

 (Photograph 6). The next photograph fails. The following one 

 finds the mother in another attempt to escape over the edge of 

 the precipice, and for the first time the kid is between the mother 

 and the dog, which is hurrying forward to attack the rear again 

 and prevent the descent. In Photograph 7 the kid is trying 

 to descend the precipice and the mother is turning around for 

 another charge ; the actual charge is apparently too quick for 

 the shutter, as the camera fails to get the details of the limbs. 

 In the next view (Photograph 8), however, the beginning of 



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Third Series, Photograph 12. 



the charge is fairly well shown. The head is well lowered and 

 threatening, bringing the sharp horns more nearly horizontal, 

 but the kid appears exceptionally indifferent and tranquil. 



The nearest approach (Photograph 9) which can be made 

 yields an opportunity for observation at a moment when the dog 

 is well tired out and the mother can be seen breathing rapidly 



