vi CONTENTS. 



LETTER V. 



PAGE 



Pack-train travelling Incomparable foliage An adventure 

 Camping in the dark A bad half-hour Tracking truants 

 Similkameen Ranching Packing trade Mule-trains 

 ' Washing for gold ' A policeman's career A pioneer's home 

 Indian bear-stories A capital drive Nine-mile Creek 

 Want of cultivation Potato patches and graveyards A 

 cactus joke Another camp -------63 



LETTER VI. 



Camp of the winds Little Tommy ' Caching ' luggage A 

 derelict brandy-bottle Sporting irregularities Four big- 

 horn A climb Cold and snow A miserable night A 

 whisky stimulant A bad Indian Our servants' dignities - 83 



LETTER VII. 



Following deer Views from camp A deceptive rifle Toma's 

 first English Mountain rams Another miss-fire Taking 

 to a Winchester ' Pumping in lead' A rest - - - 91 



LETTER VIII. 



A stranger making ' parritch' Jack rabbits and ' fool hens' 

 Dinner at Bighorn Camp Impudent robber-birds A new- 

 comer Naval whisky A band of wolves A lost oppor- 

 tunity 97 



LETTER IX. 



In search of sheep A broken-winded horse Gralloching 

 The wolverine Rattling of rifles The first ram A three- 

 mile race The rejoicing afterwards ----- 104 



LETTER X. 



The Dead Forest A surprise Full of mule-deer A big buck 

 A lynx- trap Freezing weather A break- neck canter 

 Another good day Deer-fat Unsought shots An appeal 

 for mercy A scalp-lock or a wig ? Ill 



