88 HUNTING TRIPS 



nesses. At night-time or in the early morn- 

 ing they come down to drink at the small 

 pools or springs, but move off the instant 

 they have satisfied their thirst. As a rule, 

 they spend their time among the rocks and 

 rough ground, and it is in these places that 

 they must be hunted. They cover a good 

 deal of ground when feeding, for the feed 

 is scanty in their haunts, and they walk 

 quite rapidly along the ledges or peaks, by 

 preference high up, as they graze or browse. 

 When through feeding they always choose 

 as a resting-place some point from which 

 they can command a view over all the sur- 

 rounding territory. An old ram is peculiarly 

 wary. The crest of a ridge or the top of a 

 peak is a favorite resting-bed ; but even more 

 often they choose some ledge, high up, but 

 just below the crest, or lie on a shelf of rock 

 that juts out from where a ridge ends, and 

 thus enables them to view the country on 

 three sides of them. In color they harmonize 

 curiously with the grayish or yellowish 

 brown of the ground on which they are 



