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from the loin of the young bull, with some of the " con 

 solidated milk" brought in the sealed cans from Mr 

 Duncan's store in New York, to mix with our coffee, set 

 me considerably up again ; but as the weather was bad, 

 and my running horses wanted rest, I determined to 

 remain quiet. It is well that I should here remark for 

 the information of future travellers, that the consolidated 

 milk is good, but the granulated milk is not so. 



Bayard, taking Mr Canterall with him, each provided 

 with a picket-pin and larriet at the saddle-bow, and 

 rifles Bayard having my double Pape's rifle always at 

 his service when I was not using it myself they started 

 to " still-hunt," or stalk a buffalo, if they could find one, 

 to view the country more to the north, and to ascertain 

 its promise of game. Major Martin, Willie, and myself 

 kept each other company, at times when I was not occu 

 pied with my notes, until the afternoon, when taking 

 Brutus and one of my John Manton double-guns, loaded 

 with shot and cartridge for wolf, deer, or game, I 

 strolled up the wooded sides of the creek, thinking that 

 after so stormy a [night some of those wolves who were 

 so perpetually howling in our vicinity would probably 

 have curled themselves up to sleep in the sheltered, 

 grassy, and bushy sides of the high banks above the 

 stream. The creek was so narrow, that with my power 

 ful Manton I could command it all. Its recesses,, how 

 ever, though closely explored, were a blank, and Brutus 

 tried the cover all in vain. 



Having taken quite exercise enough to keep myself in 

 condition, I then returned to camp, where, as it began 

 to get dark, Major Martin expressed some uneasiness for 

 Bayard's return, and we kept a look-out for him, orders 

 being issued that after sunset an occasional shot should 



