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The Wild Sheep of the Sierra. 



INDIANS HUNTING W] 



well-known trails of the sheep, they built a high-walled corral, with 

 long guiding wings, diverging from the gate-way ; and into this in- 

 closure they sometimes succeeded in driving the noble game. Great 

 numbers of Indians were, of course, required — more, indeed, than 

 they could usually muster, counting in squaws, children and all ; they 

 were compelled, therefore, to build rows of dummy hunters out of 

 stones, along the ridge-tops they wished to prevent the sheep from 

 crossing. And, without bringing any discredit upon the sagacity 

 of the game, these dummies are found effective ; for, with a few 

 live Indians moving about excitedly among them, they can hardly 

 be distinguished at a little distance from men, by any one not in 

 the secret. The whole ridge-top then seems to be alive with 

 hunters. 



The only animal that may fairly be regarded as a companion of 

 our sheep is the so-called Rocky Mountain goat (Aplocerus Mon- 



