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landed on their feet 

 right side up. That 

 is the kind of animal 

 they is beats any 

 thing else that goes 

 on four legs." 



On another occa 

 sion, a flock that was 

 pursued by hunters 

 retreated to another 

 portion of this same 

 cliff where it is still 

 higher, and, on being 

 followed, they were 

 seen jumping down 

 in perfect order, one 

 behind another, by 

 two men who hap 

 pened to be chop 

 ping where they had 

 a fair view of them 

 and could watch 

 their progress from 

 top to bottom of 

 the precipice. Both 

 ewes and rams made 

 the frightful descent 

 withoutevincingany 

 extraordinary con 

 cern, hugging the 

 rock closely, andcon- 

 trolling the velocity 



of their half falling, WILD SHEEP JUMPING OVER A PRECIPICE. 



