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&quot; The snow hadn t melted on Greenland point,&quot; 

 replied Jones. &quot; We saw that with a glass from the 

 El Tovar. We wanted to cross that way, but Rust said 

 Bright Angel Creek was breast high to a horse, and 

 that creek is the trail.&quot; 



&quot; There s four feet of snow on Greenland,&quot; said 

 Frank. &quot; It was too early to come that way. There s 

 only about three months in the year the canon can 

 be crossed at Greenland.&quot; 



&quot; I want to get in the snow,&quot; returned Jones. 

 &quot; This bunch of long-eared canines I brought never 

 smelled a lion track. Hounds can t be trained quick 

 without snow. You ve got to see what they re trail 

 ing, or you can t break them.&quot; 



Frank looked dubious. &quot; Pears to me we ll have 

 trouble gettin a lion without lion dogs. It takes a 

 long time to break a hound off of deer, once he s 

 chased them. Buckskin is full of deer, wolves, coy 

 otes, and there s the wild horses. We couldn t go a 

 hundred feet without crossin trails.&quot; 



&quot; How s the hound you and Jim fetched in last 

 year? Has he got a good nose? Here he is I like 

 his head. Come here, Bowser what s his name?&quot; 



&quot; Jim named him Sounder, because he sure has a 

 voice. It s great to hear him on a trail. Sounder 

 has a nose that can t be fooled, an he ll trail any- 

 thin ; but I don t know if he ever got up a lion.&quot; 



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