176 CAMP FIRE REMINISCENCES 
appeared coming over the hills beyond the valley 
which I commanded. They were coming straight 
towards me and with the glasses I noticed that some 
of them had splendid heads, 
Immediately in front of me there was a drop of 
sixty or seventy feet, up which there were no trails. 
At the base of this little precipice, there was a flat 
place about one hundred yards across. Just be- 
yond this I thought the goats would probably turn 
into the brush to one or the other side, but before 
they entered cover I expected to have some shoot- 
ing. Presently the approaching herd disappeared 
behind a rise in the country and I awaited their 
reappearance within shot. 
The first to come was a kid, then its mother, fol- 
lowed by several uninteresting goats, and then a 
big chap. Had I waited a second, the fact that 
this fellow had only one horn would have dawned 
upon me, but I fired, killing him, and the rest in- 
stantly disappeared in the cover to the left; they 
were going to pass where the scrub was so dense 
between me and the sea cliffs. Moving from my 
position further out on the eminence, I discovered 
that there would be no possibility of seeing anything 
pass in the brush, but that after they had gone a — 
considerable way, an open place must be crossed 
and there would be another chance. In a few min- 
utes, they emerged on this open, a very large white 
one in the lead, which I killed with the first shot. 
The others had all crossed before I could make up 
my mind which to try next. Running back along ~ 
the eminence I saw another open spot upon which 
