footing and boldness that reminds us of the bighorn. Like the lat- 

 ter, too, he is often hunted for the excellent eating which he af- 

 fords, and still more for the trophy of his handsome antlers. The 

 chase furnishes much diversion, as it usually leads through coun- 

 try of wild beauty and much variety of scenery and has as its ob- 

 ject an animal gifted with keen senses and native shrewdness suf- 

 ficient to make the pursuit sportsmanlike in the extreme. Only too 

 popular has it proved and to-day we are in grave danger of paying 

 for it a price we can ill afford ; namely, the extinction of a unique 

 and graceful creature which might have yielded both pleasure and 

 profit far longer, had it been adequately protected. Especially un- 

 fortunate is this result since the victim is one whose chosen haunts 

 preclude injury to man from his presence and also render it diffi- 

 cult to preserve him in captivity in climatic conditions other than 

 those to which he has become accustomed. 



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