57 



'^ In a pack train, the bed-rolls, weigh- 



^ ing about fifty pounds each, go on either 

 N side of one horse, and the telescopes on 

 A each side of another horse — in both 

 D cases not a full load, and leaving room 

 P on the top of the pack for a tent and 

 o other camp things. The saddles, or 

 course, go on the saddle horses. The 

 cost of such an outfit, in New York, 

 is about two hundred dollars each ; but 

 it lasts for years and brings you in large 

 returns in health and consequent hap- 

 piness. 



I am willing to wager my horsehair 

 rope (specially designed for keeping oS 

 snakes) that a summer in the Rockies 

 would enable you to cheat time of at 

 least two years, and you would come 

 home and join me in the ranks of con- 

 verts from the usual summer sort of 

 thing. Will you try it? If you do. 



