Rather, therefore, than “pump lead” at random, I decided 
not to shoot at all, and sank back behind the ridge, so as not 
to alarm the band unnecessarily. Everybody was much dis¬ 
couraged ; Colbert, I believe, thinking I should have shot any¬ 
how. I have, however, always hesitated at shooting unless 
reasonably sure of some result, and subsequent events in this 
case proved me correct. 
After a short rest we decided to climb, up over the snow 
line, and attempt again crossing the tracks of the band. 
The Indian dropping suddenly while on this climb, we fol¬ 
lowed his example, when with our glasses we again discovered 
the sheep about one thousand feet below us at the foot of the 
precipice, and at the side of the opposite mountain. Evidently 
they had not been very much frightened,—having caught 
glimpses of us only when we stalked down mountain toward 
them; and so, failing to catch our wind, they had merely 
grown restless. 
Their new position was a most favorable one, and after 
a very easy descent, I managed to bag three,—the limit of 
my license,—before the herd made off. 
Two of these animals were killed instantly,—one with a 
shot through the head, the other with a bullet back of the 
shoulder. The third being badly wounded, I gave Colbert 
my Mannlicher, to save time in his finishing off, while Little 
and I removed the heads of the two taken first. 
One of these proved a most excellent specimen, forty-four 
inches full on the curve; twenty-five and a half inches spread; 
and fourteen inches in circumference at the base of the horns. 
The wind was extremely raw and it was very cold on the 
mountain-top, so we wasted no more time than necessary, 
after the kill. I was fortunate in having a chamois-waist un¬ 
der my “Burbery” hunting-shirt, this protecting me to a great 
extent from the cold, so that I did not suffer nearly so much 
as Little and the Indian did. I strongly recommend an outfit 
of this sort for hunting in high altitudes, since both shirts can 
be opened when one is in motion; while when the hunter is 
standing still, a great deal of protection, from wind and cold 
both, is afforded by buttoning the two tightly. 
Returning to camp, we must have come within fifty yards 
of a grizzly, for we heard him crashing through the bushes; 
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