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friendly tone; still he remained almost coldly 
curious. 
At last I begged the rare privilege of taking 
his picture, and as he was not in a place for good 
picture-taking, I proceeded to drive him to a 
spot closer to my cabin. To my astonishment 
he was willingly driven! He went along as 
though he had often been driven and as though 
going to a place of which he was fond! 
Among scattered pines and willows by my 
brook I circled him and took a number of photo- 
graphs. At last I walked up to my bighorn 
friend, rubbed his back and felt his horns. He 
was not frightened but appeared to enjoy these 
attentions, and to seem proud of my association. 
But, my big speechless fellow, I had the most 
from your call! 
Twice afterward, once in the winter and once 
mid-summer, he called and came up to me, and 
with dignified confidence licked salt from my 
hand. 
In both the Sierras and the Rocky Mountains 
there are numerous flocks of bighorn or wild 
mountain sheep which have a resident stamping 
ground above the timberline, at an altitude of 
12,000 feet. They appear not to migrate, 
although they go often into the lowlands; in 
spring for the earliest green stuff, in summer for 
salt or for a change, and during the winter 
