Then 1 would even smile at Nimrod 

 who kept keen watch on me, or wave 

 my hand at the Host, who was in front. 

 This appearance of unconcern helped 

 me for a few seconds, and then I would 

 begin the weary round : " Oh, my foot, 

 my back, my head ; I cannot endure it 

 another moment; I can't, I can't." Yet 

 all the while knowing that I could and 

 would. Thus I fought through the 

 afternoon, and at last became just a 

 numb thing on the horse with but one 

 thought, " I can and will do it." So at 

 last when the order came to camp in 

 four feet of snow ten thousand feet 

 above the sea, with the wind and snow 

 blowing a high gale, I just drew rein 

 and sat there on my tired beast. 



We disturbed a band of mountain 

 sheep that got over the deep snow with 

 incredible swiftness. It was my first 

 view of these animals, but it aroused no 



