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Mountain region I was the guest of officers of the 

 army who travelled even more comfortably than as 

 above suggested. We had an ambulance to ride in, 

 when tired of the saddle ; escort-wagons for the trunks, 

 and camp-chests which contained china and glass for 

 the table. We had cots from the hospital and many 

 handsome rugs for floor-coverings. We sipped cham- 

 pagne from the proper glasses at the bottom of the 

 Black Canyon of the Big Horn, and had, besides the 

 game and fish, many canned vegetables and fruits from 

 the commissary, good soups, good coffee, and sometimes 

 hot bread. I have tried roughing it with only a pair 

 of blankets. I have tried wet grass without blankets 

 on cold nights, and am free to say that for a permanent 

 camp I prefer the army style, and am satisfied with it. 

 Short trips into the mountains and a few stormy nights 

 on the ground without shelter supply all the "roughing 

 it" I require. 



The elk, as I have observed, are splendid animals 

 for the game-preserve, and will do very well in any of 

 the States, provided they have enough to eat and 

 are not shot off too close. Not long ago, shortly after 

 four elk were liberated in the Adirondacks, three 

 of them were found dead, having no doubt been shot 

 for sport by some scoundrel who was afraid to claim 

 them and left them on the ground where they fell. In 

 a recent note in Field and Stream the editor says that 

 " it is fortunate that the supply of elk in the Adiron- 

 dacks has not to rely upon the single doe which escaped 

 death, for on the previous Wednesday Paul Smith 

 received a present from Wyoming of two car-loads of 

 elk, to the number of forty-three, for liberation in his 



