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be on hand to help the team pull up the steep 

 places. Many horses that will not pull a 

 pound in harness will haul for all there is 

 in them from the saddle ; Manitou is a case in 

 point. Often obstacles will be encountered 

 across which it is simply impossible for any 

 team to drag a loaded or even an empty 

 wagon. Such are steep canyons, or muddy- 

 bottomed streams with sheer banks, especially 

 if the latter have rotten edges. The horses 

 must then be crossed first and the wagon 

 dragged over afterward by the aid of long 

 ropes. Often it may be needful to build a 

 kind of rude bridge or causeway on which 

 to get the animals over; and if the canyon 

 Is very deep the wagon may have to be taken 

 in pieces, let down one side, and hauled up 

 the other. An immense amount of labor may 

 be required to get over a very trifling dis- 

 tance. Pack animals, however, can go al- 

 most anywhere that a man can. 



Although still-hunting on foot, as de- 

 scribed above, is on the whole the best way 

 to get deer, yet there are many places where 



