American Big Game in its Haunts 



The following day we were literally wind- 

 bound, and not until the day after could we set out 

 for the wounded sheep, which we eventually 

 found, not fifty yards from where we had last seen 

 him. It was a long and hard climb to reach him, 

 but he carried a very pretty head with massive 

 horns of over a full turn. I found that two shots 

 of the seven which I had fired had taken effect. 



Two days later the native arrived from the 

 main camp with more provisions, and brought 

 an interesting letter from Blake. It seemed 

 that some Englishmen who had been hunting in 

 these hills just before us had driven the big rams 

 to the other end of the range, where my friend 

 had been most fortunate in finding them. He 

 strongly advised my leaving my present camp and 

 coming to the country which he had just left, hav- 

 ing got six excellent heads. This was the limit 

 which we had decided upon as the number of sheep 

 that we each wanted. 



It was now apparently clear that I had been 

 hunting at a great disadvantage in my district. 

 On receiving Blake's letter I at once determined 

 to retrace my steps to the main camp, go to the 

 head of the lake and follow up the trail which he 

 had laid out upon the mountains. 



Therefore the next morning (September 7) we 

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