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Finally we drove him away so that we 
might see his action while running. He 
bounded off with that jump so peculiar 
to the big horn, the fore legs being so 
bent at the knees that they seemed to 
touch the body while the hoofs of the 
hind legs were on the ground. 
In returning down the mountain we 
used unusual care in the slide rock, for 
the hot sun heats these shifting rocks 
and, when heated, they are more easily 
set in motion than when cold. 
T HE age of a large mountain ram is 
from nine to twelve years. Not 
many live a longer life. The bad 
condition of the teeth is quite marked, 
especially in the older animals. This is 
due to the fact that the mountain sheep 
feeds upon short, fine, scattering grasses 
growing on beds of very hard particles 
of rock. In nipping the grass these par- 
ticles come in contact with the teeth and 
are often taken into the mouth with the 
grass, with the result that the rocks wear 
the teeth away rapidly. Allen, in his 
monograph on the American bison,* gives 
the same explanation for the difference 
in the teeth of the plains buffalo and 
those of the valley of the Ohio. I have 
no doubt but that the same cause that 
wore away the teeth of the plains buffalo 
wears away the teeth of the sheep. 
In hunting the mountain sheep the 
hunter should bear in mind that, -under 
ordinary circumstances, he will have 
ample time to take a deliberate aim. If 
the game can neither see nor scent the 
hunter, it may not move should the first 
shot miss, or it may start directly to- 
wards the hunter. It is difficult for the 
ram to locate the place of danger from 
the report of the rifle alone. He does not 
run fast at first, but if the misses come 
often he soon makes off at good speed. 
It is the same with stalking them, for, if 
lying down during the middle of the day, 
the chances are that they will remain 
there for some time. When feeding they 
feed slowly, so in both stalking and 
shooting the hunter should be deliberate. 
The Indians showed thorough familiar- 
ity in caring for the scalps. They were 
properly fleshed and salted, and when 
hung out to dry they were hung high 
enough to make them safe from the 
horses. The salt on hides attracts horses 
and to get it they may chew the hide, 
thereby spoiling it. 
These rams were the typical Stone 
sheep. The pelage was very black, with 
a scattering of dark grey. About the 
head and neck the grey predominated, 
but upon the other parts the black pre- 
dominated. The sheep that I saw south 
of the Stikine, including rams and ewes, 
were much darker than those I saw in the 
Nahlin-Nakina region. The lightest grey 
sheep that I saw on the Klappan hunt 
was much darker than the darkest sheep 
that I saw at Nahlin-Nakina. The men- 
tal picture one gets of the color of the 
sheep south of the Stikine is that they 
are black with grey markings about the 
head, neck, belly and legs. The mental 
picture of those at Nahlin-Nakina is that 
*The American Bisons, Living and Ex- 
tinct, by J. A. Allen, page 458 of reprint 
in Ninth Report U. S. Geological Survey. 
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