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the sheep, which he found just over the ledge, stone 

 dead. 



Very little time was spent in the measurements 

 and skinning, and Dyche started to camp with the 

 load, intending to leave the ewe and lamb for next 

 day ; he knew that nothing would touch them, for 

 two handkerchiefs floated over them as danger-sig- 

 nals. While wandering around trying to find the 

 way to camp he reached the spot where he had killed 

 the ewe and lamb, and thus getting his bearings soon 

 found where he had cached the skeletons and skins. 

 Placing these on Jim's back, the whole load was 

 taken to camp. 



The naturalist now had a complete collection of 

 sheep of all ages and kinds which made up a complete 

 family, and he concluded that he had had enough 

 sheep-hunting. In addition to the sheep, he had 

 many smaller specimens and several fine mule 

 buck skins and skeletons. Several days were spent 

 in getting out of the country. Horns and skeletons 

 are not easily carried on horses, for the rough and 

 rocky trails are liable to cause accidents which will 

 break the fragile bones. It was after dark when 

 camp was made the first night, and it took until 

 nine o'clock next morning to get the packs arranged 

 again. Everything was piled up in such a way that 

 the place was named Camp Confusion. 



About noon the trail led through a patch of blue- 

 berries, and here the horses were unpacked and the 

 hunters regaled themselves on the berries. These 

 were of two kinds : a large variety with a whitish 

 bloom on the berry and a small black one. The 



