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it, as the camp was down wind some 60 yards 
below, and it was impossible to endure the smell 
even at that distance. 
Along the banks of the Powder river the 
white-tail deer are still common (C. Virginianus ), 
although much reduced in number since the 
establishment of cattle ranches. They are 
rather smaller than a fallow - deer, and are 
excellent as venison, though in my own opinion 
inferior to the black-tail. 
I was unfortunate, during my sojourn in the 
Big Horn, in not obtaining a specimen of the 
Rocky Mountains ram, or “ Big Horn.” I saw 
ewes upon several occasions, but I would not 
fire at females. 
