White Sheep 



to test the wind, which I fancied would be very 

 shifty. There was on my left a small water- 

 course which came down the mountain side, 

 and which I took advantage of to get on a higher 

 level than the rams I sought ; on my right was 

 a sharply denned ridge of shale and stones, which 

 presently I carefully ascended. I tried the air 

 here with some of the down, and was horrified 

 to find that what little wind there was apparently 

 blew directly from my position to that of the 

 sheep. I had not even looked over the top of the 

 ridge, tossing the down into the air, so I was 

 still unaware whether the game had winded me 

 or not. I was determined to get high enough 

 before attempting to spy the ground, so to this 

 end continued my climb quite another eighty 

 yards. I then had to leave the creek bed, as it 

 turned away from the direction I wished to go. 

 There was nothing left now but to approach the 

 top of the ridge again. I tested the air once more, 

 and was agreeably surprised to find that this 

 time it blew straight up the face of the hill. 

 Now I ventured to peer over the edge there 

 were the sheep peacefully feeding on the edge 

 of a deep depression in the ground. 'I used my 

 glasses and saw that they were two nice 

 rams ; with good heads turned away from 

 me as they continued to feed into the hollow. 

 Now the critical part of the stalk had to 

 come, namely the crawl over the ledge of 



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