12 CONTENTS. 



to Sleep Warm The Importance of a Good Bed when 

 Camping Pean is taken 111 His Fall Down a Mountain 

 Unable to go Further, We Turn Back Bitter Disappoint- 

 ment 102 



CHAPTER XIII. 



The Return to the Village Two New Guides Employed Off for 

 the Mountains Once More The Tramp up Ski-ik-kul. Creek 

 Through Jungles, Gulches, and Canons And Still it Rains 

 Ravages of Forest Fires A Bed of Mountain Feathers 

 Description of a Sleeping Bag; an Indispensable Lux- 

 ury in Camp Life; an Indian Opinion of It. . . 107 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Meditations by a Camp Fire Suspicions as to the Honesty of 

 My Guides; at Their Mercy in Case of Stealthy Attack A 

 Frightful Fall Broken Bones and Intense Suffering A 

 Painful and Tedious Journey Home A Painful Surgical 

 Operation A Happy Denouement 113 



CHAPTER XV. 



The Beauties of Ski-ik-kul Creek; a Raging Mountain Torrent; 

 Rapids and Waterfalls Everywhere; Picturesque Tribu- 

 taries Above the Tree Tops The Pleasure of Quenching 

 Thirst A Novel Spear A Fifteen-Pound Salmon for Sup- 

 per The Indians' Midnight Lunch A Grand Camp Fire 

 At Peace with All Men 118 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Seymour Advises a Late Start for Goat Hunting; but His Council 

 is Disregarded We Start at Sunrise A Queer Craft Navi- 

 1 gating Ski.ik-kul Lake A " Straight-up " Shot at a Goat 

 Both Horns Broken Off in the Fall More Rain and Less 

 Fun A Doe and Kid Successful Trout Fishing Peculiar- 

 ities of the Skowlitz Tongue; Grunts, Groans and Whistles 

 John has Traveled Seymour's Pretended Ignorance of 

 English. . . ....... 125 



