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Station. We killed elk, white-tail and black-tail 

 deer, antelope, swans, immense geese, ducks, and 

 small game without count. This elk running is 

 perfectly magnificent. We ride among the wild 

 sand hills till we find a herd, and then gallop after 

 them like maniacs, cutting them off, till we get 

 in the midst of them, when we shoot all that we 

 can. Our chief hunter is a very famous man out 

 West, one Buffalo Bill. To see his face flush, and 

 his eyes " shoot out courage " — as his friend and 

 admirer Texas Jack says — is a sight to see, and 

 he cheers us on till he makes us as mad as himself. 

 One day he and I had seven elk on the ground 

 at once, of which number he credited me with 

 three, not bad for a beginner. These elk are really 

 the great Wapiti which you and the children have 

 seen so often at the Zoo. The herd out of which 

 we got our greatest number contained quite a 

 hundred and thirty, a most splendid sight. A few 

 days later we saw another herd of at least twice 

 that number. It is absolutely impossible to describe 

 the grandeur of their rush as they go thundering 

 along. Despite the great hardships and the very 

 rough work the sport has quite repaid me. We 

 four. Lord Dunraven, Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack, and 

 I, killed fifteen elk on this trip. We also saw wild 

 horses, but, of course, did not hunt them. Soon 

 after our return we fitted out again and went south 

 for buffalo. We only found two, both of which 

 we killed. Lord Dunraven one, I the other. Un- 



