THE WILD SHEEP 



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ions scoured the ridges below, knowing that the 

 alarmed sheep would surely run to the summit, and 

 when they could be made to approach with the wind 

 they were shot at short range. 



INDIANS HUNTING WILD SHEEP. 



Still larger bands of Indians used to make exten 

 sive hunts upon some dominant mountain much fre 

 quented by the sheep, such as Mount Grant on the 

 Wassuck Eange to the west of Walker Lake. On 



