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served, but did not shoot ; all had the diverging type of horns 

 instead of the closely curled type; although naturally there 

 was some variation in spread, yet the type remained con- 

 stant. 



The sheep of this region have horns of amber color, with 

 the annular rings, showing age, well defined and beautifully 

 marked; the crown or outer rim of the curve is a darker 

 amber approaching the brown and is deeply fluted, corru- 

 gated, and modeled at its outer edges. 



A regular migration from a fixed range or habitat is 

 practically unknown among these sheep, except that I am 

 advised, in winter, when the snows on the St. Elias Range 

 become too deep, the sheep, in order to get food, travel thirty- 

 five to forty miles to the east where upon the lower slopes 

 of the mountains bordering Harris Creek they can dig 

 through the lesser depth of snow for food. There is also 

 some migration from regular ranges to a " sheep lick," which 

 is a salt deposit. The writer observed a sheep lick on the 

 mountain side bordering Wolverine River, where the sheep 

 were taking the " saline cure " ; the sheep trail leading to the 

 lick was plainly marked along the crest of the mountains for 

 many miles and sheep were almost constantly observed com- 

 ing to and returning from the lick. 



As before observed, excepting the mating season the 

 rams are not found with the ewes and lambs, but the rams 

 herd by themselves usually in bands of six to twenty, and 

 in those bands all the rams will be found to be about the 

 same age. Occasionally a single ram is found alone and 

 separated from a band; in such case it almost invariably 

 turns out he is either an unsociable and crusty patriarch, 

 the last of his race and period, " all his lovely companions " 



