Climbing for White Goats 



kets are woven from this wool by the 

 Indians. The fleece is shaved from the 

 hide with a sharp knife, and the yarn 

 twisted by the women, who roll the wool 

 under the hand on the bare knee. A 

 simple loom is used for weaving ; and the 

 blankets made are not only thick, warm, 

 and serviceable, but also sometimes very 

 beautiful. 



The white goat is occasionally captured 

 alive. Full grown ones will not live in 

 captivity, nor will captives survive when 

 removed from their native mountains. 

 Those taken as kids, however, become 

 perfectly tame, wandering away to feed 

 during the day, and at night returning 

 to the house. 



Although the goat is nearly related to 

 the chamois, it has little of the activity 

 of that nimble species. The bighorn is 

 the runner and jumper of the Western 

 mountains, while the goat is the plodder. 

 He gets over the ground and climbs the 

 loftiest peaks " by main strength and 

 awkwardness." The bighorn rushes away 

 along the mountain-side at a headlong 

 pace, the alarmed goat starts straight for 

 the mountain-top at a rate which seems 

 slow, often no more than a walk, but 

 which is so steady and continuous that it 



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