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I got near to the place wliere I liad first seen 

 her, I foimd that she had walked away with 

 her little flock across the valle}- below her. 



I then saw that there were six sheep alto- 

 gether, tAvo old ewes (one with only one horn) 

 and four lambs. Having plenty of meat in camp 

 I did not want to disturb these animals, but 

 inspected them very carefully with my glasses. 



Five of them — the two old ewes and three 

 of the lambs — were all alike, and seemed 

 to be representatives of Ovis dalli, that is, white 

 all over with black tails. The sixth, however, 

 which was presumably the lamb of one or other 

 of the ewes, was apparently dark grey all over 

 the back and sides, Avith a black stripe on each 

 side of the brisket running to behind the 

 shoulder blade, in fact a typical example of 

 Ovis jannini. 



Although no old rams were seen on the trip, 

 the examination of the skins of several ewes and 

 young males subsequently shot and preserved 

 by Mr. Sheldon for the Museum at Washington, 

 showed that the whitest looking sheep in the 

 mountains on the upper Macmillan River are 



