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BIG GAME SHOOTING 



storms. Later on, when the deep snows have covered all their 

 upland pastures, the sheep come down to the benches 





A group of bighorn 



immediately above the river, re- 

 tiring at midday to the canyons 

 which lead to the first ridges. On 

 the Frazer river in late November 

 and early December all the sheep 

 of the district are down by the river ; 

 indeed, one ram which I shot in 

 1892 was first sighted feeding in 

 the middle of a small band of cattle 

 on the flat. But winter is not the 

 time for sheep hunting, nor the flats 



