The White Goat and his Country 



thirty pounds, as far as one could determine 

 by balancing it against weights that we knew, 

 such as a sack of flour or sugar. But I dis- 

 trust the measurements of wild animals made 

 by guesswork on a mountain-top during the 

 enthusiastic state of the hunter's mind which 

 follows at once upon a lucky shot. Therefore, 

 I can positively vouch for this only, that all 

 the goats which I have seen struck me as being 

 larger and heavier animals than the goat of 

 civilization. After all, the comparison is one 

 into which we are misled by the name. This 

 is an antelope; and though, through certain 

 details of his costume, he is able to masquer- 

 ade as a goat, it must be remembered that 

 he is of a species wholly distinct. 



We took the web tallow, and the tallow of 

 one kidney. The web was three quarters of 

 an inch thick. 



Neither elk, nor any animal I have seen, 

 except bear, has such quantities of fat, and I 

 do not think even a bear has a thicker hide. 

 On the rump it was as thick as the sole of my 

 boot, and the masses of hair are impenetrable 

 to anything but modern firearms. An arrow 

 might easily stick harmless; and I am told 



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