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hunted them with Lansing and his dog while I 

 went with Sherburn and his pointer. We had 

 fair success and were working near each other 

 when both dogs pointed the same flock of birds. 

 As we advanced, our positions represented 

 roughly the corners of a square with the birds 

 in the center. The dogs were excited and ig- 

 nored the commands : 



"Steady!" and part of the flock rose at long 

 range. Four guns roared harmlessly, the dogs 

 rushed in, the rest of the flock rose and the four 

 remaining barrels were discharged, each one with 

 effect. I missed the bird I fired at, but hit 

 Ward ; he missed his bird and me, but stung with 

 his shot the boy w T ho was driving our team at 

 a distance of about a hundred yards. Lansing 

 and Sherburn each fired at his own dog in pun- 

 ishment of disobedience. 



The next day we hunted from horseback and 

 Sherburn was so much better rider than I that 

 his hits must have equalled my misses, which is 

 distinctly high praise for him. 



From Schell City we took a train to Caddo, a 



