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pack it to camp. We estimated the weight of the 

 ewe at about 200 lb. 



By the time we reached the site chosen for 

 camp the tents were up and a delicious cup of tea 

 awaited us. Dinner followed very shortly, and 

 after setting a line of traps for small quadrupeds 

 we turned in. 



The following day we continued to hunt, but 

 saw only two old rams all day. Two young 

 sheep (two-year-olds), a ram and an ewe were shot 

 by two of the party. These also came in handy 

 for specimens, though their coats were in very 

 poor condition. I bagged another roe-deer late in 

 the afternoon. 



The third day was more propitious, at least 

 for one member of the party, who was fortunate 

 enough to secure a ram with a fine pair of horns. 

 The lucky man was Brodie, who, with Warrington, 

 was working the ridges to the south of our camp, 

 while Schroder and I tried the higher country 

 further west. They had sighted and followed 

 for a considerable distance two old rams, but had 

 at last given up the chase as hopeless, and were 

 sitting on a ridge watching their quarry away 

 across a wide valley. Suddenly the rams turned 

 back and came full speed towards the ridge upon 

 which sat the hunters. There was a small ravine 

 on either side of this ridge. The rams entered the 

 one on the right, and, having arrived opposite 

 the two crouching men, stopped and stared back 



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