TRACKS AND TRACKING 



head and horns of an old mountain ram after 

 time has obliterated the memory of the hardships 

 endured, and has woven around the trophy a halo 

 through which the mind's eye sees again sublime 

 views from lofty mountain peaks, roseate dawns 

 and glowing sunsets, which bathed cliffs and 

 crests and crags in a flood of molten gold. 

 Again the hunter feels the thrill of care-free 

 independence of the trifling world below, and 

 experiences boundless elation as the crack of the 

 rifle, sounding and resounding from a thousand 

 crags, proclaims to the Alpine world the tri- 

 umphant end of the chase. 



The tracking of this game consists chiefly in 

 locating it by the signs left on high meadows, or 

 near springs or salt-licks. Except for the larger 

 spoor of the ram, there is no difference in the 

 track or trail of either sex. 



Generally on meadows or near springs, where 

 the big tracks of a single animal, or at most a 

 couple of them, are frequently found, and where 

 the tracks of lambs are conspicuous by their 

 absence, one may expect, with moderate certainty, 

 to see game worthy of a shot, as rams prefer to 



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