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ing that they could not even stop to be 
afraid of us. As all the party, but my- 
self, knew, this meant bad weather and 
winter; for these cute, overgrown rats 
are reliable barometers, and they gave 
every indication that they were belated 
in getting their food supply, which had 
been garnered in the autumn after the 
manner of their kind, properly housed 
for winter use. % 
All that day we worked our way 
through the forest with the silent snow 
deepening around us, ever up and up; 
eight thousand, nine thousand, ten thou- 
sand feet. It was an endless day or 
freezing in the saddle, and of snow 
showers in one’s face from the overladen 
branches. I was frightfully cold and 
miserable. Every minute seemed the 
last I could endure without screeching. 
But still our Host pushed on. It was 
