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that they were quite safe as far as we were con- 

 cerned if they stopped where they were. We 

 decided to wait, and this apparently was also the 

 idea of the sheep, as one by one they began to lie 

 down. I number burhel among the sheep rather 

 than among the goats, firstly, because their habits 

 are like those of other breeds of wild sheep, sec- 

 ondly, because they are excellent mutton. Scien- 

 tifically speaking, they form a link between the 

 two, having certain characteristics of both which 

 may be ascertained from any work on the subject. 



The long glasses brought them up to within 

 a little over a hundred yards. How jolly they 

 looked, as unconscious of danger they composed 

 themselves for rest or moved about nibbling the 

 dry summer grass, and what a picture the scene 

 would have made if transferred to canvas wildest 

 nature and nature's wildest children ! 



And why, wretched man, crouching behind that 

 boulder, wish to disturb the peace of the mountain 

 with your diabolical weapons and evil explosives ? 



I imagine at times this thought must in one 

 form or another visit most sportsmen, and I 

 imagine also that most of us as we grow older 

 find the question harder and harder to answer 

 to our satisfaction. Answers of course there are, 

 both logical and scientific, but none the less the 

 civilised man with his twentieth century con- 



