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ranger, happening along, dismounted to assist 

 the driver and soldiers in righting the wagon 

 and to his surprise discovered in the cargo 

 which had rolled out upon the ground the head 

 and part of the carcass of a freshly killed moose. 

 The forest ranger put the lieutenant and his 

 men under arrest, and when they were haled 

 before a magistrate it developed that the lieu- 

 tenant was already under bond to appear in 

 answer to a charge of killing ducks within the 

 prohibited bounds of the refuge. 



The scenery through this whole region is 

 particularly impressive. Since entering the 

 Jackson's Hole region the Tetons — the Pilot 

 Knobs of the fur traders — had remained within 

 view, towering above the surrounding land- 

 scape in rugged and lonely grandeur. Since 

 fording the Buffalo Fork my trail had carried 

 me through a continuous forest, and for a few 

 miles along beautiful Jackson Lake, whose 

 placid waters reach from fir-clad shores to the 

 very base of the mighty Tetons. 



The sun was setting when I passed here, and 

 I rode out upon a bluff overlooking the water 

 to see it drop behind the Grand Teton with an 

 effect of marvelous beauty. The three peaks 

 were enveloped in a halo of dazzling bright- 

 ness which presently gave way to a flood of 



