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my second whistle, shortly after, they ran about for a 

 few feet and looked above and below in anxiety. They 

 were able to distinguish instantly between the genuine 

 and the imitation. It must not be inferred, however, that 

 the marmot's whistle does not alarm sheep, for often they 

 receive the sound as a warning and become nervous and 

 watchful. Then I began to drop pebbles. It was abso- 

 lutely still and as I threw a small stone on some rocks a 

 few feet below the sheep at once ran down the slope and 

 disappeared. 



A quarter of a mile beyond were twelve ewes and 

 lambs and I could trace their tracks coming down from 

 the high crest beyond. Along their trails the slope, in 

 places where they had pawed away the snow, had the 

 appearance of a checker-board. Though keeping a care- 

 ful lookout in all directions, no one of them acted the part 

 of a sentinel. The ewes with lambs would butt the lambs 

 away if they approached too close to them when they 

 were feeding. The lambs were pawing away snow just 

 like the ewes. All were of the color of the other sheep I 

 had seen in the Glenlyon Mountains. I withdrew without 

 disturbing them and returned to camp. 



September 30. The next morning we each brought a 

 load to Jefferies' cabin. 



Sheep are abundant in the Glenlyon Mountains, which 

 are the most accessible for sheep hunting of any of the 

 ranges near the Pelly River. But no other kinds of game 

 were observed, and, except in the spring for bears (whose 

 old diggings were abundant), the hunting must be limited 

 to sheep. Fine large willow draws exist everywhere 



