INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 



pardner, the liabilities are if they catch him 

 they will hang him." 



Two days afterward I took leave of my 

 guide ; I felt as I clasped his great strong hand 

 that the compression came as much from the 

 heart as the muscles. 



I soon found myself again in civilized sur- 

 roundings. A barber's skill, a warm bath and 

 conventional attire had already wrought a 

 wonderful transformation. As I sat in a com- 

 fortable seat and looked out of the car 

 window, observing the strange and beautiful 

 scenery, so continually changing with the 

 rapid movement of the train, every hour 

 covering a greater distance than I could travel 

 with a pack outfit in a day, I felt how much 

 easier it was to take it all in this way; no 

 fractious horse to control ; free from the burn- 

 ing sun, which would often shoot down its 

 rays upon one like the heat waves from a 

 furnace, and while in the midst of this ordeal, 

 the climate would sometimes suddenly change 

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