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treated us to coffee and a smoke, and wlio will doubt 

 the luxury of it to us, after six weeks' abstinence ? 

 On tlie afternoon of the 28th our guide turned back, 

 after showing us a distant range of hills which 

 marked the position of Kamloops, and gave us to 

 understand that we should sleep there that night. 

 The man had treated us very kindly, and we pre- 

 sented him with the Assiniboine's gun. We heard 

 afterwards tbat he dared not visit the rest of the tribe 

 near the Fort, afraid of retribution for a grievous 

 offence against the Shushwap laws. It seems to be 

 the rule with them, as with the Jews, that should a 

 man die childless, his brother shall marry the widow. 

 Our friend had carried off a widow, and married her, 

 whereupon the injured brother-in-law vowed ven- 

 geance, and the offender feared to encounter him. 



We walked on in the hot sun, weary, weak, and 

 footsore, but at dusk could not see our destination. 

 We had not yet recovered from the effect of the 

 berries, and became so faint and exhausted that we 

 yielded at length to the request of The Assiniboine 

 to ride on ahead, and leave him to follow more 

 slowly. Fortunately the horses had revived so much 

 with the good pasture of the last few days, that two 

 were found able to carry riders ; and away we went, 

 getting a canter out of our skeleton steeds with 

 much difficulty. Mr. O'B. had walked on before the 

 rest, in his eagerness to gain the protection of the 

 law, and when we passed him, began to run after us, 

 crying, "Don't leave me, my lord !" '' Do stop for 

 me, Doctor ! Please let me come with you !" But 



