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sight. Taking but one plate-holder, as the climb was hard, I 

 followed, and, on reaching the top, saw them lying down. 

 Keeping under the edge of the hilltop, I could work to the 

 right until under cover of some trees, and then from clump to 

 clump until I was near them. The wind was now blowing a 

 gale, so that they could not hear me. Presently I found that I 

 could not pass either side of a clump of dwarf, stunted spruce 

 without being seen; so, taking my pocket knife, I cut my way 

 through the clump and went on up to the next one, which 

 was directly in line with the one I had cut through. I was now 

 within a hundred yards, and had to use great caution, as the 

 larger ram was very uneasy and watchful. I worked on to 

 another cover of spruce, and found I was something like sixty 

 yards from them and could go no farther. So, carefully raising 

 the camera, I aimed it over the top. The big ram was stand- 

 ing nibbling at some herbage when I exposed. On account 

 of the wind, I gave too short an exposure, and had the camera 

 pointed too high. Lowering the camera, I turned the plate- 

 holder, and when next it was aimed the ram was standing 

 with his head from me and evidently alarmed (No. 5), so I 

 exposed again. This time the camera was aimed high, but 

 cut off only his feet at the bottom of the plate. The ram 

 lay down then, and I debated whether to go after the rest of 

 my plates or not; but just as I decided to go the quarry took 

 alarm and disappeared around some cliffs where I could not fol- 

 low. So I returned to the trail and to camp. 



Later I worked the pocket where I saw the big bunch, but 



