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jail, also a letter from the same hand intro- 

 ducing Lanahan to the present head of the 

 association, who would, on its presentation, 

 protect our stock and return without cost any 

 that had previously been stolen. At starting, 

 Hanna and I went on ahead, and were pres- 

 ently joined by Mason and the cook with the 

 packs; but as Lanahan did not appear, we 

 sent back Mason, who produced him in about 

 an hour, quite flushed as to his countenance 

 and uncertain as to his speech, but with that 

 part of his intellect devoted to lying as un- 

 clouded as ever. His delay, he stated, had 

 been caused by his horse rearing and falling 

 on him, whereat he became so faint from pain 

 that he was unable to move until after a long 

 rest and the administration of a teaspoonful 

 of the best brandy every fifteen minutes. 

 About this time the packs began to loosen 

 and get lopsided, and one of the pack- 

 horses, called Emigrant, would occasionally lie 

 down, and have to be assisted to his feet by 

 the united strength of the party. We were 

 able to keep him going only by having the 

 cook lead him while Hanna and I beset him 

 with blows in the rear. 



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