Meanwhile I gave the first animal another shot, and it, 
too, fell dead, in a creek. 
Fully fifteen minutes after both goats had been “killed,” 
and while busily engaged in skinning the first, I was surprised 
to hear our Indian shout, and, glancing around, to see the 
other goat scampering up a ridge, full speed. Both Little and 
I grabbed our guns, and, sitting down hurriedly, began delib¬ 
erately throwing load after load into the “Billy.” He gave 
us very good broadside shots, but, strange as may seem, we 
CROSSING HEADWATERS OF THE ISKOOT 
put six more shots into him before he rolled down the hill, 
this time stone dead. 
These details are given in order to show that, while, when 
stalked from above, it is rather easy to get within shooting 
distance of a goat, the extraordinary stamina of the animal 
makes him most desirable as trophy. 
Both goats were big fellows, their horns measuring ten 
and a quarter and ten and seven-eighths inches in length, and 
six and a half and seven inches at base, respectively. 
Returning from our goat-hunt yesterday, we managed to 
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