THE SECOND CAMP 



Sunday the twentieth. 



The overcast sky and. the easy rain falling this morning were 

 cheerfully disregarded in the immediate prospect of jacksnipe 

 on toast and marmalade for breakfast. 



This concluded, Fred went to work with Jay to strike the 

 cook tent, and load it with its stove and provisions into the wagon, 

 as the first load to be taken to the new camp. 



This going forward, Bill took a bath and shaved, and desired 

 express mention of the fact in this record for the benefit of whom 

 it might concern. Overhearing this. Art also desired mention 

 of the fact that this was also the day of his annual altogether 

 ablution. 



In the middle of the morning strolled in Fred Lamoreaux; 

 a French-Canadian acquaintance of Bill's, from his ranch in the 

 north fork valley. In small occupations and packing of personal 

 belongings the morning went, till the return of the wagon. Then, 

 after lunch, the remaining three tents struck, the boat and all 

 other "ictas" loaded, in a drizzling rain. Art and Jim in their old 

 place on the rear of the load, we bade farewell to the old camp, and 

 set our faces for the new. The rain continued, a steady quiet 

 dropping that promised damp ground, a general steaminess, and 

 the fullest use for the rubber sheets that in this outfit underlie 

 all beds. Camp was reached shortly before mid-afternoon, on the 

 river bottoms just under the big hill at the west end of the valley, 

 on the north side of the river, opposite and some distance up 

 stream from the point visited the day preceding. 



In a busy hour and a half after arrival at the new ground, 

 tents were pitched, rubber sheets spread, and beds made with 

 fresh hay brought from a ranch near at hand. There is no wood 

 at hand where we are now camped, merely sage and prairie rose 

 brush. Consequently, we have no campfire. The cook stove 

 in the cook tent, and an ordinary camp stove in the sleeping tent 

 were fed with such wood as could be brought from the old camp, 

 but nevertheless we are very comfortable though the messtent 

 is a bit damp. 



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