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into the pursuit. A quick eye, an accurate stroke and know- 

 ledge of just what to do next is essential here. 



All unknown to us, and while we worked in the sunlight 

 within the rim of the basin, a storm had been brewing, and 

 we were unconscious of its approach until the edge of a great 

 black cloud appeared over the rim, the sun disappeared, and 

 snow flakes began to fall. Camp was more than a mile away, 

 and no trail led downward. There was a hasty consultation, 

 and then we began to let ourselves down almost in a bee line 

 for camp. Then we ran, making our way through dwarf 

 bushes, seeking places to cross the streams which came from 

 the great snow banks above, and every moment the snow was 

 coming down more rapidly. Fortunately the breath comes 

 more easily in going down than up a mountain, and a few 

 minutes brought us to camp. Safe in the shelter of our tents 

 we watched the storm until the ground was white with snow. 



In half an hour the sun shone, the snow began to melt and 

 we at once packed up outfits and prepared to move down the 

 valley a little over two miles into the shelter of the pine forest. 

 Going up our mule team had exerted every muscle, stopped 

 frequently, and on the steepest places there had been a man at 

 each hind wheel. Going down was toward home, and the 

 rocks were many, the mules frequently raised the driver from 

 his seat as he braced his feet, applied the brake and threw his 

 weight upon the reins. Ere we had gone a mile another cloud 

 peeped over the rim of the basin and emptied its contents 

 upon us. We reached the site of our new camp in the midst 

 of a hard rain. Wood was abundant, but wet, and a camp- 

 fire was impossible. We were not long in pitching our tents, 

 getting all "the bedding inside and starting the little sheet- 

 iron stove to roaring with dry branches from the depths of 

 the forest underneath trees so dense the rain seldom pene- 

 trated. 



Huddled around the small stove we dried our soaked shoes, 

 .prepared a warm supper and then crawled into our beds to get 

 warm. Next morning when we awoke warm and comfortable 

 we touched the canvass of the tent and found it frozen stiff. 

 On stepping outside we found the ground frozen, and as we 



