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had a jet black coat, white legs, and not a very 

 large body; we made him out to be a com- 

 paratively young moose. He was intensely 

 jealous of the other three bulls and when any 

 one of them came too near a member of his 

 harem, he would be up and after him like a 

 streak, and this energetic exercise kept him 

 on the jump most of the time. 



It will be borne in mind that we were at 

 a great height above the animals, and could 

 see their doings just as if it was a drama that 

 was being performed at our very feet. 



The herd fed in the open for a couple of 

 hours, and then "Brigham Young," the herd 

 bull, evidently signaled the members to move. 

 Without exhibiting any alarm or undue speed, 

 they stopped feeding, went up into the for- 

 est, and passed out of sight. 



The following morning we again climbed 

 the tall butte. We examined the forest be- 

 low with our glasses, but for a couple of hours 

 we failed to locate the herd. Then the ani- 

 mals were discovered feeding, a mile or so to 

 our left, which necessitated a journey down 

 from the peak of the high butte and a climb 

 of the next one to the left. By the time the 

 second one was surmounted, the quarry had 

 moved yet farther away. Down we went 



