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tunity to escape, and made one or two him- 

 self. The dogs surged round him. He leaped 

 at one, and with a remarkably quick move of 

 head struck and impaled him on his sharp 

 horns; with a twisting upward toss of the head 

 he ripped and flung him to his death. In rapid 

 succession he killed three dogs. The fourth 

 dog was tossed entirely over a precipice. At 

 this the other dogs drew off. 



Finding himself free, the goat did a little 

 desperate rock work to gain a ledge, along which 

 he safely climbed. He stepped accurately, and 

 though the ledge was narrow and covered with 

 small stones there was no slipping and only a 

 few stones fell. The goat defied and defeated 

 this pack of dogs so coolly and easily that I 

 could believe, as I had been told, that he is 

 more than a match for a black bear. 



I have never heard of a goat showing any 

 symptoms of fright or fear. Fear with him 

 appears to be a lost trait. It is possible that 

 such a trait may have been detrimental to 

 life in the daily dangers of icy summits and 

 through evolution was long ago eliminated. 

 The goat is decidedly philosophical, makes 

 every movement, meets every emergency with 

 matter-of-fact composure. In all times of dan- 

 ger, and even when dying, he retains mastership 

 of his powers. A mother with a kid, retreating 



