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scent, and without looking around to see us, 

 or hesitating a second, he was off as fast as 

 his enormous strength could carry him. He 

 was much too far for a shot, and nothing could 

 be done but to watch his swiftly disappearing 

 form. 



There was a deep "draw" on the left-hand 

 side of the mountain yet farther on. His 

 first break was for this draw, and once in this 

 shelter he lost no time in getting to the top 

 of the divide. He then showed himself but 

 for a second, running to the left along the 

 peak; then he disappeared down the other 

 side and we lost him for good. If the wind 

 had but held steady for fifteen minutes more, 

 I most certainly would have had a shot, but, 

 alas! it didn't and that was all there was to it. 



Remembering that disappointments come 

 in other pursuits besides hunting, we made 

 the best of a bad thing by crossing the draw 

 and following up the other mountain. We 

 worked around a large, rocky protuberance 

 that made us wonder how it had ever gotten 

 there, and how it stayed without sliding down 

 to the stream below. Here we saw three 

 rams in a picturesque position near the apex 

 of the mountain. Their horns seemed at first 

 to be of a uniform size, and as they stood 



