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that we should follow up this trail. The blood-stains 

 were numerous about the bed from which the cow 

 had so recently risen, and the white snow was found 

 to be copiously marked during the first half-mile 

 of the trail ; but after this distance had been 

 passed over these markings were less numer- ^ 

 ous. It was confidently thought by our guides, 

 while we were making the first part of our 

 journey along this trail, that we would soon 

 find her lifeless body; but we continued 

 our search until warned by the near ap- 

 proach of sunset that we ought 

 to retrace our steps and make 



The dead monarch. 



