THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT 13 
the alpine plants, dwarfed willows, and shrubby 
growths of mountain slopes and summits. They 
may also eat grass freely. 
Bighorn sheep also live above the timber- 
line. In some localities they and the goat are 
found together. But sheep make occasional low- 
land excursions, while goats stay close to the 
skyline crags and the eternal snows, descending 
less frequently below the timberline except in 
crossing to an adjoining ridge or peak. Among 
the other mountain-top neighbours of the goat 
are ground squirrels, conies, weasels, foxes, griz- 
zly bears, lions, ptarmigan, finches, and eagles; 
but not all of these would be found together, 
except in a few localities. 
The goat, in common with all the big, wide- 
awake animals that I know of, has a large bump 
of curiosity. Things that are unusual absorb 
his attention until he can make their acquain- 
tance. A number of times after goats had re- 
treated from my approach, and a few times be- 
fore they had thought to move on, I discovered 
them watching me, peeping round the corner 
of a crag or over a boulder. While thus intent 
they did not appear to be animals with a place 
in natural history. 
In crossing a stretch of icy slope on what is 
now called Fusillade Mountain, in Glacier 
National Park, I sat down on the smooth steep 
