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In the evening the cook began to make prep- 

 arations for baking on the following day. He 

 began by scattering the fire in every direction, 

 then dug a hole in the hot sand about a foot 

 deep, placed the burning wood in the hole, and 

 continued a good fire for the greater part of 

 the night. In the morning more of the hot 

 sand and live coals were dug out, the dough 

 kneaded, put in a large pan covered with a 

 similar pan, and inserted in the hole, the hot 

 coals heaped on it and left there for about an 

 hour. The bread thus made was very good. 

 The following morning the dawn had 

 scarcely cast its rays over the eastern hills 

 when we were away up above the clouds look- 

 ing for signs of game. We had left camp 

 several hours before, the fog then clinging like 

 a pall in the canyon so thick we could scarcely 

 see ten feet in advance, but when we arrived 

 at the summit the sun was just peeping over 

 the snow-clad peaks in the east, and made 

 one almost forget everything but nature in its 

 grandeur. The air was pure as the water that 

 floated over the crystal spring at the base of 

 the cliffs, and one felt as though a jump from 



