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ourselves we were delighted to get a drink of straight spring 

 water again after our long dependence on its best substitute. 

 We made an ideal " hunter's camp" that night. Built a 

 large fire of pine knots in the midst of a dense pine thicket, 

 and were as comfortable as we could wish to be under the 

 circumstances. We slept better on our bed of pine boughs 

 than we could have slept on a feather bed or hair mattress at 

 home, without the toil, the mountain air, and the sport of 

 that day. Another heavy fall of snow during the night, 

 which continued through a greater portion of the day. After 

 breakfast we talked of a programme for the day, but the boys 

 said they didn't care to go out while it stormed so hard. I 

 was loth to lose any time, however, and so started about six 

 o'clock to see what I could find. 



