I*hoto by fieorge Shiras, 3rd 

 A I,ARGU BAND OF SHEEP, NjvKK TUIC ilOUNTAIN TOP, CROSSING A SNOW FIELD FOR 

 THE PURPOSE OF CLIMKING THE ADJOINING CLIFFS FOR THE NIGHT 



preached the principal object of interest 

 was the lunch-box. Finally, four sheep 

 were seen on the sk3'line two miles away, 

 and down they started on one of the big" 

 runways leading to the valley. They 

 came rapidly anfl were soon standing on 

 a bare plateau a quarter of a mile above 

 the meadow. Here they stopped and 

 looked below, hut in a few minutes be- 

 g^an grazing on the sparse grass. After 



remaining half an hour they took a trail 

 toward the head of the valley, where 

 there were doubtless a good many other 

 sheep. 



"It was then that the idea suggested 

 itself of a light and portable set of life- 

 sized profile decoys, made of white cloth, 

 which could be set at any angle and 

 where they could be seen broadside at a 

 long distance. The day before, as al- 



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