THE LONG TRAIL 



much of an expedition. The first time he 

 mentioned the idea was in April, 1913, in 

 reply to a letter I wrote from Sao Paulo 

 describing a short hunting expedition that 

 I had made. "The forest must be lovely; 

 some time I must get down to see you, and 

 we'll take a fortnight's outing, and you 

 shall hunt and I'll act as what in the North 

 Woods we used to call ' Wangan man/ and 

 keep camp!" 



Four months later he wrote that he was 

 planning to come down and see me; that 

 he had been asked to make addresses in 

 Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, and "I shall 

 take a naturalist with me, if, as I hope, I 

 return via Paraguay and the Amazon." 

 At the time it did not look as if it would 

 be possible for me to go on the trip. In 

 father's next letter he said that after he 

 left me, "instead of returning in the ordi- 

 nary tourist Bryan-Bryce-way, I am 

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