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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



as rich and thick as cream, 

 I decided to try Nestle's 

 Baby Food in the place of 

 condensed milk, as it 

 seemed more nutritious. 



The lambs were ])cr- 

 fectly contented in the pen 

 which we made for them. 

 The one Billy captured 

 was so fagged out that, 

 regardless of the noise 

 made about camp, it lay 

 down and slept soundly 

 for two hours. The other 

 lamb sniffed at him a few 

 times, then lay down and 

 watched us with much cu- 

 riosity. The mosquitoes 

 were ncnv so troublesome 

 we made a mosquito-proof 

 tent to [jlace over our two 

 small captives. 



The following morning 

 there was a noticeable dif- 

 ference in the strength of 

 the first lamb captured, 

 so much so that we all 

 mentioned it ; and truly it 

 seemed to have gained in 

 flesh ! An.drew and I 

 started with the lambs for 

 the lower cam]5, while Billv 

 and Hicks remained to 

 look for others. It was 

 more than probaljle, how- 

 ever, that all the sheep 

 within range of the sound 

 had fled when they heard 

 Billy's shots the day Ije- 

 fore. 



The lambs behaved well 

 on the way down. Neither 

 of them struggled nuicli, 

 and they appeared inter- 

 ested in all that went on. 

 About noon the one I car- 

 ried showed symptoms of 

 arriving at camp I at once began doctoring it. 



A movable wire cage was made, and at night 

 after taking the lambs into the tent and allow- 

 ing them to go to sleep cuddled close to me, 

 I covered them with mosquito netting, and 

 placed the cage over all. Whenever one awoke, 

 he looked about and seeing his companion 

 sleeping peacefully, dozed off again. 



The smaller lamb became weaker daily, and 

 we feared it was not likely to live long. The 

 other, however, was so strong and healthy we 

 had great hopes of keeping it. 



Hicks and Billv hunted the mountains thor- 



illness. 



A MdVAl'.LE WIRF, CAGE WAS MAHK. 



oughly,but saw only one more lamb, which they 

 were quite unable to capture. Having ascer- 

 tained that the ewes had abandoned the coun- 

 try, we decided to leave the next day for Knik. 

 That night about eight o'clock the strongest 

 lamb was taken sick with the usual disorder, 

 and by midnight was past recovery. The fol- 

 lowing discouraging entry is copied from my 

 journal under date of June sixth: "This 

 morning between five and six o'clock both 

 lambs died, and left us feeling very blue, but 

 convinced that everything possible had been 

 done for them. An hour later we left for 

 Knik." 



