Good Hunting 



confident in their prowess, often prefer- 

 ring to stand and fight a dog or wolf 

 rather than to try to run. Nevertheless, 

 though they are such wicked and resolute 

 fighters, they have not a few enemies. 

 The young kids are frequently carried off 

 by eagles, and mountain-lions, wolves, 

 and occasionally even wolverenes prey on 

 the grown animals whenever they venture 

 down out of their inaccessible resting- 

 places to prowl along the upper edges of 

 the timber or on the open terraces of grass 

 and shrubby mountain plants. If a goat 

 is on its guard, and can get its back to a 

 rock, both wolf and panther will fight 

 shy of facing the thrust of the dagger-like 

 horns ; but the beasts of prey are so much 

 more agile and stealthy that if they can 

 get a goat in the open or take it by sur- 

 prise, they can readily pull it down. 



I have several times shot white goats 

 for the sake of the trophies afforded by 

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