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look at them before they disappeared over the summit. Trav- 

 eling on about four miles, we located camp about midway of 

 the range, so I could work in either direction. Wells killed 

 an elk about sunset, within four hundred yards of camp, so 

 that I would not have to fire any shots to alarm the game. 

 The following morning I brought in the meat, and Wells and 

 Hill returned to Green River. The second day I went up 

 the little creek, which came right out of the center of the 

 range, taking my horse as far as I could and climbing the last 

 part of the way, until I could go no farther for cliffs. I found 

 so little sign that I knew the sheep were not working so low 

 down. I had swept the range with my telescope the first 

 morning in camp, and found six or eight sheep, among them 

 a ram with a good head. I was now directly below the place 

 where I had observed them, and just as I was about to return 

 to my horse they again appeared and commenced feeding. I 

 saw that I could not get up to them, so on the next day went 

 to the north pass, where I found but little sign, but on my 

 way home ran into some elk and made several exposures, all 

 of which, on development, were failures. The next day I 

 went to the south end of the mountain, taking my horse clear 

 to the summit in order to get the camera up, calculating to 

 leave it up there over night, as it was too hard work carrying 

 it up every day. I was following an elk trail which led up at 

 an easy slope, and had gained a clump of spruces, when eight 

 or nine cow and calf elk came running down the steep moun- 

 tain at top speed. They were seeking brush or shade farther 



