l-'iioto by George Shiras, 3rd 
THE SAME BAND OF SHEEP AS SHOWN IN THE PRECEDING PICTURE, STILL EATING 
SNOW : PHOTOGRAPHED IN THEIR OWN SHADOWS, THEY APPEAR 
UNUSUALLY CONSPICUOUS ON THE SNOW 
ing steadily at a distant i)oint on the side 
of the mountain, led me to turn the glass 
in that direction, where I saw four sheep 
on the edge of a cliff, and towards which 
the band was evidently going. Soon the 
others were on the move across the 
meadows, all headed, with the exception 
of one distant flock, for the same spot, 
and we saw our chances fading away. 
In a short time these flocks had joined 
the four at the other end of the ridge, a 
portion doubtless of the flock which we 
liad previously photographed, and which 
liad sought out a new place for the night. 
At 4 o'clock the little band of sheep 
that had been fading at the extreme 
western end of the meadow came trot- 
ting back on a well-defined trail border- 
ing a canyon, and I felt almost certain 
that none of these sheep would come to 
our blind, although on five previous days 
all the sheep had gathered every after- 
noon just above it. Now, more than 
ever, I was convinced that a set of sheep 
decoys, as suggested previously, would 
have brought most of these sheep within 
photographing range. Tom even thought 
that a white linen night-shirt would have 
answered if he could have been permitted 
to trot about in it in front of the blind. 
As the last flock continued to approach 
it seemed best to slip down the side of 
the slope as close to the creek as possible 
and try for a picture as they went by. 
When a third of the way down I found 
they were coming more rapidly than ex- 
pected, and, in an effort to pass an 
exposed place between two rocks — and 
which should have been done by crawl- 
ing very slowly — I carelessly jumped 
across, and in landing behind the shelter- 
ing rock I heard Tom's warning whistle. 
Looking down on the meadow, I saw 
that all the sheep had reversed ends and 
were rushing back again. Since these ani- 
mals were more than a quarter of a mile 
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