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nets, gaffs, and boat hooks with which to 

 demonstrate the oil and mineral possibilities 

 of the country. 



We laid in a large supply of boat hooks, for 

 we reasoned, conservatively enough, that not 

 all the mountain sheep we purposed shooting 

 would fall upon the deck of the yacht. Some 

 few would doubtless miss the boat or bounce 

 overboard, and we did not wish to lose any 

 specimens; hence the necessity of tools with 

 which to retrieve them. After some debate, 

 we decided not to pad the deck of our craft. 

 What matter if some few horns were broken by 

 the fall? Game was all too plentiful, anyhow, 

 according to Salisbury. So plentiful was it, 

 in fact, that we swelled our party to twice its 

 intended size in order that no meat should 

 spoil. 



There was Pettis he makes cannon and 

 car wheels and various kinds of steel and iron 

 fancy work; my brother Elmer, who, out of 

 the fishing season, works at the law business; 

 "Doc" Wilson, who conducts a sanatorium 

 for the treatment of motor troubles, adminis- 

 ters gas to and operates upon sick steamboats, 

 launches, automobiles, and the like; and 

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