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and what they are doing ; and in lonely bear- 

 hunts and sable-trappings he has thought out 

 and solved most of the problems of life. As he 

 stands in his wood-gear, he is as grizzly as an old 

 cedar-tree ; and he speaks in a high falsetto 

 voice, which would be invaluable to a boatswain 

 in a storm at sea. 



We had been talking of all subjects about 

 which rational men are interested, bears, 

 panthers, trapping, the habits of trout, the 

 tariff, the internal revenue (to wit, the injustice 

 of laying such a tax on tobacco, and none on 

 dogs : " There ain't no dog in the Z/nited States," 

 says the guide, at the top of his voice, "that 

 earns his living"), the Adventists, the Corner 

 Grat, Horace Greeley, religion, the propagation 

 of seeds in the wilderness (as, for instance, where 

 were the seeds lying for ages that spring up into 

 certain plants and flowers as soon as a spot is 

 cleared anywhere in the most remote forest ; 



