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ing the spring and summer by the melting snow on the 

 higher pinnacles. In these retreats, notwithstanding the 

 fact that wolves and cougars are comparatively scarce, it 

 exercises the most scrutinizing vigilance, and the hunter 

 that would approach it undetected must have the caution, 

 cunning, and patience of an Indian. Like all mountain an- 



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imals, it is very keen of scent, and easily alarmed; yet 

 when it is not hunted much, and persons approach it from 

 the leeward at a snail's pace and halt frequently, they may 

 get a shot at it; for, like all its family, its vision seems to 

 be so defective that it is able to distinguish objects only 



