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engaging- in the chief object of the expedition. It will, 

 therefore, be observed that both sympathy and self-interest 

 combined to increase our solicitude for the safety of Mr. 

 Mildenberger. 



The fruitless search for the missing man during the 

 afternoon had served to greatly increase this anxiety ; and 

 therefore the entire conversation around our camp-fire 

 during the evening related to a further prosecution of the 

 search for the photographer. This subject was thoroughly 

 discussed, and it was finally agreed that the captain should 

 start from camp in the morning with the earliest dawn of 

 day, and that George Ross and the author should follow as 

 soon as it became evident to them that the captain's first 

 effort had failed. The captain, during the discussion which 

 occurred in the evening around the camp-fire, had ex- 

 pressed the opinion that Mr. Mildenberger would be found 

 in the morning at Mountain Lake. In our contemplation 

 of the condition of the photographer, we were comforted 

 by the thought that the weather was now clear and mild, 

 and therefore he would be relieved from the physical suf- 

 ferings that might otherwise attend a separation from us. 

 We were likewise aware that he was supplied with matches, 

 which would enable him to build a fire, and thus render his 

 surroundings in the woods more endurable at night than 

 they would otherwise have been. 



The author spent a restless night in his tent ; his sleep 

 was disturbed ; his companion was absent, and there was 

 some doubt as to his safety. He awoke before it was light; 

 awaited rather anxiously the first dawn of day, which made 

 its appearance about 5.45, when he called the captain and 



