was not elaborated for us, was a 
healthy solid affair of meat, vege- 
tables, hot biscuit, coffee, and prunes, 
appetisingly cooked and_unstintingly 
served, for the Bad Land appetite 1s 
like unto that of the Rocky Mountains, 
lusty and big. The saddling of fresh 
horses made a lively scene for a few 
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moments in the corral; then the men 
| rode off for the afternoon’s business of 
branding. 
The ranch party packed itself into 
| a three-seated buckboard and we fol- 
| lowed behind. We went at a wide 
| safe distance from the _ half-crazed 
herds, which had been driven this way 
and that until they knew not what they 
wanted, nor what was wanted of them, 
| to where a huge fire was blazing and 
rapidly turning cold black iron to red 
hot. These irons were fashioned in 
