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owing to their long hair have the appearance of a 

 double hump. 



Of the two animals I actually saw with the In- 

 competent One, the first was miles away in an inac- 

 cessible place, safe if he choose to stay there until the 

 era of flying machines. The second I caught a glimpse 

 of for a brief moment on the sky-line. Even as I 

 looked he dipped leisurely over the hill- top, and by 

 the time we had arrived, breathless and panting, on 

 the ridge, a line of tracks leading to the highest 

 summits mutely told us that we had again been 

 fooled. 



In hunting, as in everything else, if you stick to 

 it long enough, the luck is bound to change. I am 

 the possessor of a good motto " Speraiidum Est " 

 so even though my first day with Henry in the new 

 camp was a blank I hugged my motto to my heart. 

 But one wants a lot of hope with the weather misty 

 and cold, and the game on the alert, for when long 

 deferred it certainly maketh the heart sick. It was 

 about this time that the Incompetent One decided he 

 would be more comfortable in Lillooet. The finishing 

 touch to this decision was, as far as I could make out, 

 applied by Burton. 



He got stuck 'half-way up a chimney in the rocks 

 and was balancing, in his own words, " on one toe and 

 a little finger," and yelled to the Incompetent One to 

 take the rifle and render some assistance. The latter, 

 who was also in difficulties, retorted that he might get 

 out as best he could. Burton, thinking that if he 



