ter's canon and found the sheep high- 

 perched upon the rocks. By the en- 

 trance he found the remains of two 

 of them recently devoured, and about 

 them the tracks of a medium-sized 

 Bear. He saw nothing of the path- 

 way the dead-line made by the 

 Grizzly to keep the sheep prisoners 

 till he should need them. But the 

 sheep were standing in stupid terror 

 on various high places, apparently will- 

 ing to starve rather than come down. 

 Lan dragged one down ; at once it 

 climbed up again. He now realized 

 the situation, so made a small pen of 

 chaparral outside the canon, and drag- 

 ging the dull creatures down one at a 

 time, he carried them except one- 

 out of the prison of death and into the 

 pen. Next he made a hasty fence 

 across the canon's mouth, and turn- 

 ing the sheep out of the pen, he drove 



