Photo by George Sliiras, 31'd 
A large; band of shije:?, near the mountain top, crossing a snow field for 
THE purpose of climbing THE ADJOINING CLIFFS FOR THE NIGHT 
proached the principal object of interest 
was the lunch-box. Finally, four sheep 
were seen on the skyline two miles away, 
and down they started on one of the big 
runways leading to the valley. They 
came rapidly and were soon standing on 
a bare plateau a quarter of a mile above 
the meadow. Here they stopped and 
looked below, but in a few minutes be- 
gan grazing on the sparse grass. After 
remaining half an hour they took a trail 
toward the head of the valley, where 
there were doubtless a good many other 
sheep. 
"It was then that the idea suggested 
itself of a light and portable set of life- 
sized profile decoys, made of white cloth, 
which could be set at any angle and 
where they could be seen broadside at a 
long distance. The day before, as al- 
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