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we had a fair road down, and it took us till the middle of the 

 next day to make one up on the other side, and even then we 

 had to chain both hind wheels going down, and unload the 

 waggon and carry everything up to enable the team to take the 

 waggon over, and our want of proper tools made the work 

 much harder, as we had only one shovel and pick. 



The country on the other side was worth all the trouble we 

 had taken to reach it. It was very much like a fine English 

 park open glades and clumps of fine trees, with patches of 

 brush scattered about, where we could always jump deer. 

 Bear-sign was, however, very scarce, and what we found was 

 old, showing that they had left this part of the country, and 

 we only saw one small one in the eight days we remained here. 

 We were a little tired of deer-shooting, so we determined to 

 move on again, which we did, going about fourteen miles to 

 where the Crazies ended, as there were some fine valleys run- 

 ning into the range from there. The day after we reached our 

 new camp the Colonel had rather a close shave with a grizzly. 

 He was out hunting on horseback, and dismounted to stalk an 

 elk, when he came on a large bear drinking at a stream. He 

 managed to crawl up to within about sixty yards when he fired, 

 striking the bear far back, as there were a good many bushes in 

 the way and it was difficult to see him. The bear immediately 

 charged, and the Colonel, having some trouble in getting a 

 fresh cartridge in, scrambled up a steep bank which was behind 

 him ; the bear sprang twice at it, but each time fell back, the 

 wound having crippled his hind quarters ; and it was trying a 

 third time, when the Colonel managed to get the cartridge in 

 and fire, killing the bear. This was a very powerful animal, 

 though not so large as some of the others we had shot, but the 



