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on the mountain on either side of the canyon over 

 five hundred sheep, which the glasses showed to be 

 ewes and lambs, but they finally located a small 

 bunch of rams upon the pinnacles. After stalking 

 nearer and looking them over carefully with the 

 glasses, they decided not to shoot as the heads were 

 too small, and the true sportsman dislikes to kill un- 

 less for food or to obtain what appears to be a fine 

 head; so they merely sat down and watched the beau- 

 tiful animals feeding on the mountains and resting 

 among the crags until it was time to start for camp, 

 where they arrived at nine o'clock, having traveled 

 twenty-five miles over rocky creek bottoms most of 

 the distance. 



Hoyt and the writer, with Dixon, the guide, 

 started up the canyon and six miles up at the forks 

 crossed the Wolverine on the rocks at low water 

 and climbed out of the canyon to a bench several 

 hundred feet above. When you hunt the Osborni 

 caribou you do not wander aimlessly around look- 

 ing for game, but you start out deliberately and se- 

 lect the highest barren mountain top from which 

 vantage point you can see all the game within pos- 

 sible stalking distance. You may locate a number 

 of herds on the way up, but you do not permit your- 

 self to be diverted from the toilsome pleasure of 

 climbing that highest peak. 



This would seem like a great waste of time and 

 energy to climb to such a height and after you have 



