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not to give the quarry your wind, push silently for the 

 most elevated ridges. If you possess a keen eye for 

 locality and tracking you will find little trouble in dis- 

 covering where the game you seek most frequently 

 resort. On this point being satisfied, ensconce your- 

 self in some sheltered nook and wait for day, for the 

 sun will have commenced to tint with gold the eastern 



BIG HORN. 



sides of the hills ere the prey you seek will reach, 

 from the feeding grounds below, the elevation of your 

 position. 



It is strange these children of the mountain only 

 dread danger from beneath : thus it is that to success- 

 fully hunt them you must ascend into the heights they 



