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it. Certainly, the ground which an unshod native 

 pony can get over is both wonderful and alarming. 

 However, one soon gets used to it, and thereby is 

 spared a tremendous amount of hard walking, which 

 one gets quite enough of without going out of the 

 way for it. 



It had been blowing hard all day, and came on to 

 snow before I got back to camp, which was cold and 

 uncomfortable enough ; but a roaring fire of pine 

 logs was soon set going, and we were too glad 

 at being on wapiti ground at last to grumble at 

 trifles. 



When we started next morning the ground was 

 covered with snow, but the day was fine, and in the 

 open it was nearly all gone by noon. We were still 

 heading west, sending the camp one way and going 

 another ourselves. There were quantities of black 

 game about, scratching in the snow and flying to the 

 tops of the pine trees when disturbed ; but we had 

 only rifles with us, the guns having been sent with 

 the camp, and, besides, we were in search of nobler 

 game. 



At last, after slithering down a very steep hill, we 

 arrived at a place which was said to be really good 

 ground ; and when the camp came up, pitched our 

 tents in a deep and narrow valley. While waiting 

 we were much disgusted to see a pony wandering 

 on the hill, as we feared there might be natives 

 camped near, but it turned out to be a stray which 



