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assertion by shooting the mother next morning and 

 bringing the lamb home, which we were unable to 

 keep alive for over three days, much to the regret 

 of all." 



The second adventure is a repetition of the inex- 

 cusable folly of not immediately loading your gun be- 

 fore approaching wounded game. " In stalking some 

 barren cariboo, eight musk sheep crossed directly be- 

 tween me and the deer. I was well hid at the time, 

 so that they came unsuspiciously within thirty yards. 

 In a moment I gave them both barrels. To the first 

 shot an old buck dropped, and rolled into a ravine ; 

 the second barrel crippled a three-quarter grown sheep 

 so badly that I knew less than a mile would lay her up. 

 In my hurry to secure the old one, without loading I 

 hurried to the ravine. There he was, as I thought, in 

 the last struggle. Down I jumped into the hollow, 

 which was about ten feet deep ; but no sooner did he 

 see me than up he got, and, head down, charged. I 

 turned tail, and fortunately scrambled out a wiser man ; 

 for, deil tak' me, if ever I gang near any o' them with- 

 out powther and lead baith in my gun." 



The average weight of the full-grown male is about 

 four hundred and fifty pounds, while the female is 

 generally from fifty to seventy-five pounds less. The 

 Indians state that they live to an immense age, which 



