Leaps Of A Mountain Sheep

Xr; the mountain sheep does not leap from great heights, and land either upan his horns or his 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 would break his spinal column in two or three places, to say the least of it. It is true that when hard pressed a herd will somtirr.es plunge down a terribly steep incline, sliding and bounding from point to point, until they ploug-h lnto the "slide-rock" below; but as to leaping over a sheer preciplce, I never aaw any '"■ who even claimed to have ever vlt nessd PUch a thing, says an authority. The old ram? often fight by butting each nthor tetTlflcally, and often splinter, Dr si.metimes break off the ends of th_e!r ïoros in that way.