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and promised to send a man back, on our arrival at 

 the canoe place. "We arrived there a little before 

 night, and engaged a man named Burt to go back to 

 the distressed family. lie took with him some corn 

 meal and potatoes, and we continued on to Isaac 

 Lyman's, about twelve miles farther. He asked us 

 to come in ; we got to talking about elk-hunting, and 

 I asked him what a full-grown live elk would be 

 worth. He said from three to four hundred dollars. 

 I asked him if he would purchase one if I had the 

 luck to catch one. He replied that he had not the 

 means, but would like to join us, and would furnish 

 three men, a horse, and all the provisions necessary, 

 and have one-half the profits. After some consulta- 

 tion, Campbell and I finally consented to accept the 

 proposal. The whole party, consisting of Campbell, 

 myself, three assistants, a horse and four dogs, start- 

 ed the next morning, taking the road to the Susque- 

 hannah River. About twelve miles from Lyman's 

 e came upon the track of eight elk, going west. 

 We followed about four miles and encamped for the 

 night. The next morning Campbell, myself, and 

 one of the men continued on the track of the elk, 

 leaving the others to build a shanty. We went about 

 five miles, started the elk and killed one, with which 

 we returned to the camp. We sent one of the men 

 home with the meat, and started with the other two 

 for the Susquehannah. The man who went home 

 was to return to the camp in three days, with a sup- 

 ply of provisions. After traveling seven or eight 

 miles, we came to where a large drove of elk had 



