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sheep perhaps excels him in zigzag drop and 
skip-stop down precipitous places, nothing that 
I have seen equals the wild goat when it comes 
to going up slopes smooth and almost vertical. 
His rock and ice work are one hundred per 
cent efficient. 
When it comes to what you may call dura- 
bility the goat is in the front ranks. He can 
climb precipices and pinnacles all day long 
and in every kind of weather. When not 
otherwise engaged he plays both on roomy 
levels and unbanistered precipice fronts. He 
is ever fit, always prepared. From the view- 
point of many hunters the grizzly bear, the 
mountain sheep, and the mountain goat are al- 
most in a class by themselves. They exact a 
high standard of endurance and skill from the 
hunter who goes after them. 
These wild white goats are found only in the 
mountains of northwestern United States, west- 
ern Canada, and Alaska where the majority 
live on high mountain ranges above the timber- 
line. The goat is a highlander. Excepting the 
few along the northwest coast which come 
down to near sea level, they live where a para- 
chute would seem an essential part of their 
equipment. 
Many high mountains are more storm-swept 
than the land of the Eskimo. Storms of sever- 
