ELK HUNT IN WYOMING 



Herdick, a Wyoming guide, and Marcus Imo, 

 who cooked and turned his hand to anything 

 else that had to be attended to. 



The day being young when we arrived, 

 I employed it in making a short hunting 

 scout. Charles Herdick went with me, and 

 I soon discovered how much my wind had 

 deteriorated since I had last been out, for 

 in the meantime I had lived a life of com- 

 parative ease. The general elevation in this 

 section ranges from 7,000 to 10,000 feet, 

 and it takes a few days to accustom your 

 lungs to the rarified atmosphere. When one 

 is not taking any vigorous exercise the climate 

 feels exhilarating and inspires one with the 

 belief that he is able to perform any kind 

 of feat; a few minutes of real strenuous 

 exercise and this delusion is destroyed. I 

 soon discovered that Herdick was a good 

 hand at mountain climbing, being wonder- 

 fully supple and possessed of the best pair 

 of lungs of anyone I ever knew. 



