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Show l l ' d t) n a, 522 Ex. Doc. No. 41. Sierra .IVTaclrc>; :nrl, b(•ing an inha_hitant of chapraral or thorny thirkl'ls he ran·ly 'l'lltU rl'S beyond tis bord(•rs. Although th t• toes Df tlt is IJ'ird :Ill' d;...:po. t·d in Oppositt• pairs, Cl" in Otlu•r ~ptTiPs nf hi family,) t't tl11• outn lti11d tO (' bt· ing rcv~·r:-.i~lc, n_nd <_lf gr• at Ot·xibiltty, is, in l' Jtl l<' r po:-.ition, ap tly t~pplted t_n c ltnl brng or pnrhing, as well as on thl· gr('\lnd. Th_us, he at lllllt'~ pt tch. · _a lon~ the ground in i r :- <' g u I a r hop ~ ; and a~ H 111, w h c n t ~w. out •' r toe 1 s thrown Jorward l~t• runs ~tnootlt!y and wtth such rapultty :1s alwa)S to be abl~ to \1ud<' a clog- in the ciJitpptHal, without taking win~. Ilc f t>t•ds on coiC'oplua, and almost l' Vt·ry spPcit·s of in ~1·c-rs; :1nd nc<H the ut·r· t·s, "ll<'r<' the sn;u., s, " ] yt~ntaceus stagna 1't s, " auI. ountI, .t l .ts gn•t•d il. (' il ten," &c. I h .t \l' on I) to add, that thi ~ bird is 'founcl throughout tlu• Haton pass, n11cl som<' ill eli' idual ~pl'cimt>ns have IH·rn strn on the Arkan. eas nHr, a 1'('\\ wil, s to tht· w•· 'l of l~ t' nt's fort. .lanwrry 1-2- Tn somP of thr ravinc>s ll<'ar our camp, ~n cl in the cauolls of tlw mou ntairn-, there is still to be found f:uffi ·ient grass for ".nul.u!.t'," n0t mort' uumcrou<.: tiJ;Iu ours. Wt·, tht'n·fore, d r o v e ou r llllt It- -: i n t o t h < • Ill o u n t a i n , a 11 d t I 11 • n s et o 11 r ., e I v l' s t o w o r k to npair tht• broken axldrce. As we had carefully trcal'\lrn·d the pie c· <·s of wood tltat we founcl on thl! road, we snon obtained a pit'l' (' wt·ll !-uitr'd to our purpOl'<', and agaiu we 1osl a ,~,-· hole day in l' (' f .I j I' j 1\i t lJ j 'i ll !l fo I t Una t e U J'l' a k il g (.'. Jn tb (' l'\c·uin:.; Brown· went out to hunt, and r.oon rrtnrnrcl, 'Sayin ~ tha t. h(• had kLIIed two black tailed tl eer. Ash(' was unable to bnng th1·m to eamp, he ha ,J thrown hi s coat over thl'lll to keep a wily t h,. w o I r l' s u 11 ttl h c co u I d get m u I l' s <1 n d h 1 in o- t h t•m i n . As 1 bad had no <'X rtisc during the day, l st~rtt.•d bark with lho~n in order to get th ·deer. The country over whirh wt pa!'~t· d was iuterst'rtctl by 'dt•<•p ravine·., and f:ome of the bill ~idt•!l Wrrl' so s1 <.:t'p th·1t it was with grt•at clifli cu lty we fnrc ·d our mules to proct•t•d. At l en~~ th Vl' tt• a dr •d tht• d<•<.>r, and found thPm un - 1 ouch t· d by t h c w <1 h u; lt a v 111 g p a c.:, ked t h c rn upon our m u lc s, we returned to c.uup. Tht-sc dt·,·r '"·e rl' o the ~pccies cnllrd 'c.:, t•n.-us nHH-rotiR.'' Btown said that Ire lr.HI . c•c·n ~C\l'ral ruountt~in ~he•·p durin~ th(' ~l~y, but th(•_y wt-re o wild th:1t he could not appr oa~.:h tltcrn. 1 ht'y arc' tit('" capra montana" of Jiarlcn. I ha.\ · to und them as far !-.outh as Yaln·rdt', in New Mexico. On th(' 1:3th of J Hnuary we ag:1in n ·HunH'tl our ma rch, f(•c)ing much rl'frl't-h<·d by a cli1y <•f rt•!'i t. V\ chad ~cveral diHi c ult c:ro::-s tngs to makt• attd ~trc• p hills to clirnb, but my men did their duty bravt·ly. As the sun shonr fo rt h with co nsidt•rablc warmth, th<;> snow rom' rr,l <' n e c d to t h a w , a n d t h c r o a d b c c" m c . I i p p c r y a n d m u d d y . T lu c c ttmt·s w' W<•re forc<'d to travel in the Ul'd ot a ~trrc1m for :'1 long cl ! t a n C' e · W t' w e r . o b I i g c d to c u t u p t he i c c '" 1 t h o u r a . ' I' s f.'o r ~ OI!)~Htlt' of fifty or stxty yard"', ~nd then to cll'ar out the ptt•ce. whteh cl10kl'd up the strl'am, before the mules could be forced to P r o c e c d . . A l It ra g t h so m c o f m y 10 <' 11 r u s h c d i n t 0 t h c w a t c r , n o t''" 1lhstaudtug the scasou, and catchiug the mul 1·s by th('ir }lt~ ad!!, |