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along the path they had come. Both sportsmen 

 fired, but the rams crossed the next ridge, seem- 

 ingly unhurt. Following them up, however, War- 

 rington, being younger, lighter and more agile 

 than his companion, outstripped him, and came 

 upon one of the rams lying in the ravine bottom. 

 He hurried up to the prostrate animal, which 

 suddenly jumped up, and, realizing that he was 

 cornered, lowered his ponderous head and charged. 

 Visions of being crushed between that mass of 

 horn and the solid rock behind him crossed the 

 lad's mind, but he had the sense to fire low at the 

 oncoming and infuriated ram. His bullet 

 struck the brute in the chest and dropped him 

 dead. 



We now had one more day to spare, and I had 

 not yet secured my head. I had picked up two 

 skulls with fine pairs of horns, one of which, 

 measuring 19 1 inches in circumference at the base, 

 constitutes a record. 



I badly wanted a head for myself, however, 

 and determined that I would get one somehow that 

 day. I was convinced that the grassy upland 

 was the most likely spot for me to get my sheep, 

 so, accompanied by Schroder, I proceeded up 

 the valley from our camp. Brodie and Warring- 

 ton were also heading for the same district, but 

 by a different route. Arriving upon the grassy 

 heights we sat down to rest and look round. 

 Presently Schroder spotted three rams on an 



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