The White Goat and his Country 
thirty pounds, as far as one could determine 
by balancing it against weights that we knew, 
such as a sack of flour or sugar. But I dis- 
trust the measurements of wild animals made 
by guesswork on a mountain-top during the 
enthusiastic state of the hunter’s mind which 
follows at once upona lucky shot. Therefore, 
I can positively vouch for this only, that all 
the goats which I have seen struck me as being 
larger and heavier animals than the goat of 
civilization. After all, the comparison is one 
into which we are misled by the name. This 
is an antelope; and though, through certain 
details of his costume, he is able to masquer- 
ade as a goat, it must be remembered that 
he is of a species wholly distinct. 
We took the web tallow, and the tallow of 
one kidney. The web was three quarters of 
an inch thick. 
Neither elk, nor any animal I have seen, 
except bear, has such quantities of fat, and I 
do not think even a bear has a thicker hide. 
On the rump it was as thick as the sole of my 
boot, and the masses of hair are impenetrable 
to anything but modern firearms. An arrow 
might easily stick harmless; and I am told 
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