The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05

put ~ their Disposal. what II more. he out .
small squad Of cavalry at their service 10 res
Que any member Of the party 90 unfortunate
as 10 be captured and held for ransom.
The eoatherd who served as guide was q
good one. He knew the moufon. or wild noun
tain sheep, perfectly, and IL was through his
efforts mainly that the party was successful.
Tho writer carried a 9s.calibre. double.bar.
relied express rife. shooting q hard-head bull
lot. A long, hard climb In the steep noun
tains, with frequent pauses for using the tele.
scope. resulted in sighting the quarry moving
in q patch Of heather, which frequently hid
them from view. All but the old ram were
feeding in a restless, shifty manner; he was
Tor hunters. The. mouion knows, thing or
two. and when q iook are feeding they always
see the country below best. They arc as wild
as, perhaps wilder than, any, OF their kind,
SI.' t bis, f 6,SnS. II ,,I Ep maS 10 Asia snSro or A%e FIcn;
gler need hope for one, as they, are so con-
the lookout. The natives kill at all times, and
XII all things from lambs TO rams. The fret
for the animals ran past one OF the party, who
shot; at eighty ysrds missed the 6iE ram, and
gond .n IN thc T neck. 8Tfhp s throat IS Shot So is ' a ris nj
good one TO make. It kills quicker than either
head or shoulder shots, which are somewhat
IThe guide refused to dress the killed animal.
why should he waste tho best partI' he
asked. SO he carried the seventy-three pounds
five miles TO camp, where he got his choice and
the Englishmen got theirs.
Their camp was in an attractive place, at the
edge of q clump Of pine trees, at least 120 feet
high, near q babblinR trout. stream. Just If
teen miles from. Corte. They bought some
fresh milk, n loaf of chestnut bread. and some
goat, milk cheese, Just to get acquainted with
sheep. Later they were welcomed to huts of
the herders, which shows the best way to treat
the natives OF any region, more especially In a
region where native cavalry is put at ones dis
posal. by good-natured officials. If they had
put themselves on pinnacles for the herders to
look at. half the fun Of the trip would have
been lost, or gained, In man hunting.
No casual glance will detect the mouflon, even
II II is wholly within the range of vision. for IL
possesses a marvellous development of sight,
great nose cunning. and-what Is more inter-
estinG to the hunter-a discriminating knowl-
edge of light and shade. which largely con-
tributes to its safety. The animals get into
places where their color blends with that of
the background, an easy thing for them to do
In that country of neutral colors or shades,
show the end of his little finger or the CLINT
of his gun In the sunlight, when away they go,
dashinR over the rocks as II they were lawn.
The eve secretes her young in caves and
among the preciptces they inhabit. else long
ago they would have ceased to exist. They
are untamable and fierce, using their horns on
the most demure or warlike keepers indis-
criminately, and only strong ropes Will keep
them from battering doors to flinders. Mouton
venison, Favored by wild thyme. is a tasteful
dish to all, but the natives do not care to eat 1t.