258 ADVENTURES OF DR. ALLEN. 



started up the mountain. After going across the country for 

 some time, I flung myself down upon a moss patch, com- 

 pletely tired out. I looked down upon a world of mountains. 

 Bear Tooth stood about seven miles away. The Stinking 

 Water, Clark's Fork, Cradle Creek, the Hoodoos and the 

 Tetons could all be located with accuracy. 



While I was locating different portions of the country 

 I perceived an animal on a little mound about four hundred 

 yards to my right. It was feeding and I could see only its 

 back. It would not be possible to go closer, for I would be in 

 plain view all of the way. Presently it turned, walked leis- 

 urely to the top of the mound, broadside to me and stopped. 



What a sight for these latter days! There stood my 

 bighorn. The sky was the background and his erect head, 

 his large round body and well-set limbs made a striking pic- 

 ture. I raised my globe sight to four hundred yards, threw 

 in a cartridge, and, drawing the butt closer to my shoulder, 

 pressed the trigger. A stream of fire, a deafening report, and 

 the echoes rumbled down, down, until all was again quiet. 

 The ram had made one bound and was out of sight. I threw 

 in another cartridge and with all of my speed ran to the spot. 



There was visible a tuft of hair and a spattering of 

 blood. About one hundred yards below he lay dead. He 

 was the largest ram I had ever seen and his large horns were 

 half buried in the sand. His mouth was still full of herbs, 

 his sleek coat of blue hair was like the down of thistles. He 

 weighed about three hundred pounds, and his head was all 

 that I could carry. I dressed him nicely, took his pelt and 

 started to return. After hours of fatigue I reached home, 

 and dressed his lordship's head, which now, with other spec- 

 imens which have fallen to the music of my old Bullard, 

 adorns my home. 



Later I returned for the carcass, and, after getting his 



