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because he is certain to see you. The only chance, 

 if you know where he is likely to be, is to climb up 

 above him and work gradually down ; then you 

 have a fair likelihood of coming upon him, for he 

 is accustomed to look below for danger. 



It is labour lost to follow their tracks. There is 

 a certain great old ram that I know of which 

 nobody has been able to kill yet. I have never 

 seen him, but I know the size of his foot 

 accurately. 



I followed him all day once some years ago, 

 and he fooled me beautifully. I started out alone 

 about seven o'clock one winter's morning, and had 

 not ridden more than three or four miles from the 

 house in Estes Park when I struck a very large sheep 

 track plainly visible in the snow. I followed it a 

 little while, till it seemed to be so fresh that I dis- 

 mounted, tied up my horse, and proceeded on foot. 

 The track was gigantic, and as it led right in the 

 direction of the habitation of this particular old 

 ram, I knew it must be his foot ; so I determined 

 to follow him all day if necessary on the chance of a 

 shot. I left my bag and luncheon, took off my 

 coat, and prepared myself for a long and arduous 

 climb. 



As bad luck would have it, the sheep was travel- 



