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We were now camped in a little val- 
ley whose creek bubbled pleasantly 
under the ice. Having cleared away 
three feet of snow for our tents, we de- 
cided to rest a day or two and hunt, as 
we were within two days’ easy travel of 
the first ranch house. 
It was cold and snowy when Nimrod 
and I started out next morning to look 
for mountain sheep. I followed Nim- 
rod’s horse for several miles as in a 
trance, the white flakes falling silently 
around me, and wondered how it would 
be possible for any human being to 
find his way back to camp; but I had 
been taught my lesson, and kept silent. 
I even tried to make mental notes or 
various rocks and trees we passed, but 
it was hopeless. They all looked alike 
to me. Ina city, no matter how big or 
how strange, I can find home unerring- 
