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tunity to escape, and made one or two him- 
self. The dogs surged round him. He leaped 
at one, and with a remarkably quick move of 
head struck and impaled him on his sharp 
horns; with a twisting upward toss of the head 
he ripped and flung him to his death. In rapid 
succession he killed three dogs. The fourth 
dog was tossed entirely over a precipice. At 
this the other dogs drew off. 
Finding himself free, the goat did a little 
desperate rock work to gain a ledge, along which 
he safely climbed. He stepped accurately, and 
though the ledge was narrow and covered with 
small stones there was no slipping and only a 
few stones fell. The goat defied and defeated 
this pack of dogs so coolly and easily that [ 
could believe, as I had been told, that he is 
more than a match for a black bear. 
I have never heard of a goat showing any 
symptoms of fright or fear. Fear with him 
appears to be a lost trait. It is possible that 
such a trait may have been detrimental to 
life in the daily dangers of icy summits and 
through evolution was long ago eliminated. 
The goat is decidedly philosophical, makes 
every movement, meets every emergency with 
matter-of-fact composure. In all times of dan- 
ger, and even when dying, he retains mastership 
of his powers. A mother with a kid, retreating 
