INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 



some critical beast will begin to subject your 

 work to a severe test by bucking. To express 

 the state of your feelings when this happens 

 would be impossible, unless your sympathetic 

 guide, who is generally an expert in swearing, 

 can help you out. 



The first day's journey was rather long and 

 tedious, a large part of it through monoton- 

 ous stretches of sage brush. When at length 

 the timber was reached, the change was most 

 agreeable. We arrived at the location of our 

 first camp without a mishap, unless having my 

 legs squeezed between the horse and a tree a 

 couple of times could be considered as such. 

 Although my guide knew his business as a 

 guide, I could not recommend him as a first- 

 rate cook. His efforts at making bread proved 

 a flat failure, and we had to do without the 

 staff of life. The canned provisions, which 

 required practically no skill in their prepara- 

 tion., made the inefficiency of the cooking less 

 apparent. 



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