In the Sierra 



laid them at the foot of fir trees a hun- 

 dred yards or so back from the corral, and 

 eaten their fill. After breakfast I set out 

 to seek more of the lost, and found seventy- 

 five at a considerable distance from camp. 

 In the afternoon I succeeded, with Carlo's 

 help, in getting them back to the flock. 

 I don't know whether all are together 

 again or not. I shall make a big fire this 

 evening and keep watch. 



When I asked Billy why he made his 

 bed against the corral in rotten wood, 

 when so many better places offered, he 

 replied that he " wished to be as near the 

 sheep as possible in case bears should at- 

 tack them." Now that the bears have 

 come, he has moved his bed to the far 

 side of the camp, and seems afraid that he 

 may be mistaken for a sheep. 



This has been mostly a sheep day, and 



of course studies have been interrupted. 



Nevertheless, the walk through the gloom 



of the woods before the dawn was worth 



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