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with a fine cutting angle and came at the other 

 full tilt. There was a smashing head-on col- 

 lision, and each was thrown upward and almost 

 back on his haunches by the force of the im- 

 pact. Instantly they wheeled and came to- 

 gether in a flying butt. A number of times both 

 walked back over the stretch over which they 

 rushed together. It was a contest between 

 battering rams on legs. Occasionally one was 

 knocked to his knees or was flung headlong. 

 The circular arena over which they fought was 

 not more than twenty-five feet in diameter. 

 In the final head-on butt the ram of the Crags 

 was knocked end over end; then he arose and 

 trotted away down the slope, while the victor, 

 erect and motionless as a statue, stared after 

 him. Both were covered with blood and dirt. 

 During the day the flock returned to Battle 

 Mountain. 



The following day this flock separated into 

 two flocks, the youngsters and ewes in one and 

 the old rams in the other. At mating-time, early 

 in October, the flocks united, and the rams had 

 it out among themselves. There were repeated 



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