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jail, also a letter from the same hand intro- 
ducing Lanahan to the present head of the 
association, who would, on its presentation, 
protect our stock and return without cost any 
that had previously been stolen. At starting, 
Hanna and I went on ahead, and were pres- 
ently joined by Mason and the cook with the 
packs; but as Lanahan did not appear, we 
sent back Mason, who produced him in about 
an hour, quite flushed as to his countenance 
and uncertain as to his speech, but with that 
part of his intellect devoted to lying as un- 
clouded as ever. His delay, he stated, had 
been caused by his horse rearing and falling 
on him, whereat he became so faint from pain 
that he was unable to move until after a long 
rest and the administration of a teaspoonful 
of the best brandy every fifteen minutes. 
About this time the packs began to loosen 
and get lopsided, and one of the pack- 
horses, called Emigrant, would occasionally lie 
down, and have to be assisted to his feet by 
the united strength of the party. We were 
able to keep him going only by having the 
cook lead him while Hanna and I beset him 
with blows in the rear. 
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