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the wild horses begin to circle about, throw- 

 ing up their heads, and showing manifest 

 signs of uneasiness. Shortly, about a dozen 

 broke away from the far end of the plain, 

 galloping as they came, over another flock of 

 Ovis Ammon, that we had not as yet seen, 

 and the whole directed their course towards 

 the heights, at full gallop. They soon came 

 to where the flock we had first seen were 

 feeding, and all came away together, as hard 

 as they could, towards us ; wild horses 

 and sheep, all mingled in one common 

 herd. When they came within half a mile 

 of the rocks, the horses filed ofi" and slacken- 

 ing their pace, trotted past where I lay 

 concealed. I could have shot three or four 

 with ease. 



The Ovis Ammon came right under the 

 heights, and then was the anxious moment, 

 as to what direction they would take. I 

 could see for some distance under me, towards 

 where R. and Colls were posted, and after 

 waiting a sufiicient time, and finding that 

 they did not show, I ran down, with an old 



