VI 

 FIRST TRIP TO MEXICO 



PART II HUNTING ON THE Rio BONITO 



THREE days later we rode down on the Rio 

 Bonito and pitched a permanent camp. I re- 

 mained in camp to do a little reading and writ- 

 ing, and incidentally to rest up a little after sev- 

 eral days of continuous riding. Hi went out to 

 get some meat for camp, and whenever I sent 

 him out on such an errand he never failed to 

 bring in a deer. Unexpectedly and without go- 

 ing out of camp I succeeded in increasing the 

 meat supply myself; I was sitting just outside 

 of my tent, reading, and after finishing a story 

 laid down my book. Just then I happened to 

 glance out on a little flat directly in front, about 

 seventy yards away. Here a flock of turkey were 

 walking about as unconcerned as you please. 



"This is really too easy!" I thought, my rifle 

 being right at my hand, and opened fire, shoot- 

 ing two before they flew. They lit just around 



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