82 WATCHED BY WILD ANIMALS 
low snow where in a forest glade they remained 
for nearly a month. 
One winter five sheep were caught in the 
lowlands by a deep snow. They had started 
homeward with the coming of the storm but 
were fired on by hunters and driven back. Be- 
coming snowbound they took refuge in a springy 
opening at the bottom of a forested slope. 
This open spot was not a stone’s throw across. 
It was overspread by outpouring spring water 
which dissolved most of the snow. Here the 
sheep remained for several weeks. This place 
not only afforded a moderate amount of food, 
but in it they had enough freedom of move- 
ment successfully to resist an attack of wolves. 
Apparently wolves do not attack sheep in their 
wintry heights. Deer and elk as well as sheep 
have often made a stand in a springy place of 
this kind. 
Sheep under normal conditions are serene 
and often playful. There appears to be most 
play when the flock is united. Commonly they 
play by twos, and in this play butt, push, feint, 
jump, and spar lightly with horns, often rising 
to the vertical on hind legs. If a bout becomes 
particularly lively the others pause to look on. 
They give attention while something unusual 
is doing. One day I saw a flock deliberately 
cross a snowdrift when they could easily have 
