THE AMERICAN 



SPORTSMAN'S 



JOURNAL. ^ 



NEW YORK, THURSDAY. JULY 19. 1877, 







putting life $'u\hom, 



■ ■ a snrJlBtry. 



THF,; only spet ■■ i I e Found *yild 



in the Uiiiii'i' toti i i - i-GuVedliigliorn 



or mountain Sheep (O&i wd that is 



confined geographically to the region lying 



i the liocky Mountains ai I the 

 Range, which pm ■ ■ i • - ■■■u'.Ii through the 

 States ami territories bgtderiilg U.e Pacific 



Ocean, at, an average distance from the sea of, 

 perhaps, b i Ired and twenty miles'. 

 This vasi area is traversed in every direction by 

 .-.'•a chains varying irom four to ten 

 thousand fret in altitude ; aud it is amid their 

 many-shaped peaks that the American cham- 

 ois loves to dwell, for not only is it there com- 

 paratively safe from all foes, except the red and 

 white huuier, but it also finds there 

 tiest ot leasts in Uie alpine and subalpine vege- 

 tation. Owing to the to - 



upon it in the Rocky Mountains, it JB getting 



ini'i- v- ;! 'V. ,li th i range, exoepl in isolated lo- 



. but in '.he Cascades it is nearly as 



abundant as ever, as its pale-faced eneniii 



comparatively lew, and the red men can | 



f 1 in an easier manner than by pursuing it 



amid the snow-enshrouded haunts which it se- 



i a home. The amateur luintei flru 

 | would bag a large number must therefore leave 

 I he regions in Wyoming and Colorado, in 

 which it is usually sought, and go mo in 



i i lie man-silent, mo b irnvcrse 



Idaho, OregoO and Washington Territory, and 

 l here he will find no cause to complain of ill- 

 luck. No animal in the world is perhaps more 

 difficult of approach than the bighorn, a it it 

 i 1 ugly keen of scent, unusually vigilant, 

 and so cautious that it carefully reconnoitres a, 

 country from an elevated standpoint ere it pre- 

 sumesto advance toward it. The Ximrod who 

 would therefore place the heads of many umoug 

 his trophies of ihe chase must be not only of a 

 vigorous form, to bear the climbing and ratified 

 alnmsphere, but he must possess above all the 

 qualities of patience, perseverance and hardi- 

 hood. The best time for hunting it, is the early 

 norning or late in the evening, as it is then out 

 irowsing, but in the middle of the davit is gen- 

 ■rally concealed among the crags, or deep iu 



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