90 HUNTING TRIPS 



white-tail's sound common-sense, coupled 

 with a much shyer nature and much sharper 

 faculties, so that it is more difficult to kill 

 than are any of these creatures. And the 

 climbing is rendered all the more tiresome by 

 the traits above spoken of, which make it 

 necessary for the hunter to keep above it. 

 The first thing to do is to clamber up to the 

 top of a ridge, and after that to keep on the 

 highest crests. 



At all times, and with all game, the still- 

 hunter should be quiet, and should observe 

 caution, but when after mountain sheep he 

 must be absolutely noiseless and must not 

 neglect a single chance. He must be careful 

 not to step on a loose stone or to start any 

 crumbling earth ; he must always hunt up or 

 across wind, and he must take advantage of 

 every crag or boulder to shelter himself from 

 the gaze of his watchful quarry. While 

 keeping up as high as possible, he should not 

 go on the very summit, as that brings him 

 out in too sharp relief against the sky. And 

 all the while he will be crossing land where 



