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mountains and shot two. An enormous moose trotted by this camp, but we 

 were already loaded down with meat and let him go. July 26 Carter and I 

 met a black bear and cub; wounded the old one and caught the cub, but we 

 turned the little fellow loose the next day." 



DESERTED BY INDIAN GUIDES. 



On July 2d> Slinkta and Stepan, Herron's Indian guides, deserted him, 

 and from that time on the exploration of the overland route was made with- 

 out guides, the explorers traveling by compass and the sun. 



For the first two weeks in August the expedition had a hard time. Cap- 

 tain Herron himself during that time was injured when a pack horse jumped 

 and fell on him in a mudhole, but he kept on. On August 25 two of his 

 horses were accidentally killed, both by snagging, while on September 3 a 

 severe earthquake further upset his plans. 



Fiom the Philadelphia Inquirer 



CAN DR. COOK SILENCE THE SKEPTICS? 



