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out any trail. It required eight hours and a half of 

 practically continuous traveling to cover this distance, 

 and a camp was finally made at Guest's Lake on the same 

 side of the Killey River as Steve's cabin. From this 

 camp they scoured the left-hand side of the Killey River, 

 but sheep were not numerous. On the first day a band 

 of about twenty-five ewes and rams was seen a long way 

 off, and after several hours of hard stalking in the snow, 

 they were able to look them over. There were only two 

 good heads in the band. The sheep became frightened 

 and started away and Elting opened fire at about 300 

 yards. After several shots one of the two best rams was 

 brought down at from 350 to 400 yards. This proved to 

 be a very good specimen, nine years old, with the end of 

 one horn shghtly broken off. The horns measured 13 

 inches in circumference at the base; the uninjured one 

 was 35 inches long and the spread was 20 inches. 



On the following day they started to hunt again in 

 the same general direction, but were compelled to cross 

 three ranges of mountains before they again fell in with 

 any sheep. On this occasion a band of about fifteen, 

 with two good rams, was found. In endeavoring to get 

 upon them, these sheep also became frightened and 

 started to run away. At about 350 yards Elting opened 

 fire and brought down one of the two large rams. This 

 proved to be a very good specimen. The end of one 

 horn, however, was also slightly broken off. This ram 

 was ten years old. The horns had a circumference of 

 13| inches at the base, were 37| inches long and had a 

 spread of 20| inches. 



Having killed two good specimens, and finding sheep 

 very scarce, Elting decided not to try for a third ram, 

 and they moved back again to their main camp, from 



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