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prospect before us in September, we went on to the 

 Park, and afterwards put in our time on Montana and 

 Wyoming cattle and horse ranches, about which good 

 times I need say nothing now. 



Arrived once more in September at Snake Eiver, 

 I made all preparations for a two months' hunt, and 

 I soon got under way for the Teeton range, which we 

 selected as the main point of attack. Of our equip- 

 ment and pack-outfit, &c., I need not say anything, 

 beyond that I took as few horses as possible viz., 

 five for packing, and one apiece for myself, guide, 

 and the camp "rustler," or cook. 



The country through which we passed at first was 

 fairly easy going, though we were now 6000 feet 

 above sea-level : well-timbered ranges stretched out 

 for miles before us, rising gradually to the foot of 

 the Teeton peaks, those snow- clad giants that are 

 such well-known landmarks for all that country. 

 The second day found us camped on "Warm Eiver, 

 along which are swamps innumerable, with plenty of 

 willows, belts of "bull-pine," and vast stretches of 

 ground, strewn with the debris of ancient forest-fires. 

 "We were here "liable," as Tom Eea, my guide, said. 

 to find moose anywhere. As yet, however, we had 

 seen no sign. An early start on the third day saw 

 us some hours later five miles from camp, stealthily 

 working up a dry gulch, whose sides were covered 

 with fine timber and belts of thick brush in fact, it 

 looked a likely spot. 



