A VERY WHITE EWE. 223 



I found that the hair on the moose hide was 

 quite two inches long, and so close and thick 

 that it effectually kept the cold from coming- 

 through from the frozen ground beneath. Ly- 

 ing on this slab of moose hide, and covered 

 with Coghlan's wolfskin robe, I passed a most 

 comfortable night, and slept soundly until it 

 was broad daylight. I then again made tea 

 and roasted some more meat, and after I had 

 examined the two carcases to make sure that 

 there were no bears about, walked up the 

 valley until I had reached the source of the 

 creek which ran down its centre. 



I saw a good many tracks of moose and sheep 

 of recent date in the snow, but did not come 

 across any of the animals themselves until on 

 my way back to where I had slept I spied a 

 flock of eleven sheep on the hillside above me. 

 There was unfortunately no ram amongst them, 

 but there was a very white ewe whose skin I 

 thought Mr. Sheldon would like to have to add 

 to his series of specimens for the Washington 

 Museum. 



This animal I succeeded in shooting, and 



