Leaps Of A Mountain Sheep

No; the mountain sheep does not leap from Ri-at heights, and land either upon nis horns or nis feet. He knows the strength of his material too well to try it. His horns and skull might successfully withstand the shock, but the weight of his body woultl break hl3 spinal column in two or three places, to say the least of it. It is true that vhen hard pressed a herd wlll somtimes plunge down a terribly steep incline, sliding and bounding from point to point, untll they ploufrh into the "slide-rock" below; but as to leaping over a sneer preciplce, I never saw any one who even claimed to have ever wit nessed such a thing, says an authority. The old rains of ten fight by butting each other terriflcally, and often splinter, 3r sometimes break off the ends of thelr 'iorus in that way.