"Oh, non! dat am eempossoble."
It was true, nevertheless, for his ball had been arrested
in its flight by the stem of a tree not twenty yards before
him.
While the shot was yet ringing, and before the laugh
above referred to had pealed forth, Dick Varley fired,
and the animal, springing wildly into the air, fell down
the precipice, and was almost dashed to pieces at their
feet.
This Rocky Mountain or big-horned sheep was a particularly