14 CAMP FIRE REMINISCENCES: 
Ham had enjoyed a wonderful intimacy with the 
lower animals while in the ark and was a far trav-. 
elled man for those days. 
With regard to the expense of a shooting trip 
in the West, the all-the-year-round sportsman and 
wanderer requires so little, that should the inex- 
perienced hunter try it with the same outfit, he 
would meet with disaster. A stranger going into 
a new country for the first time must have a guide; 
this is required by law in some States such as 
Wyoming, where the guide must also be a game 
warden. ‘This individual usually provides his own 
horse and is paid five dollars a day. To save time 
it is wise to have a cook, as a tired guide coming 
into camp at night does not want to cook, and in 
the morning the horses must be caught while the 
breakfast is being prepared. A cook with his 
horse is generally paid four dollars a day; and for 
comfort and expediency these two should at least 
be taken. Saddle horses generally cost one dollar 
per day each; the sportsman would require one 
and a remount in case of accident is useful. This 
last could be used as a pack animal upon occasions. 
Several pack horses are necessary and they cost 
from fifty cents to one dollar per day each. I 
- generally take a small tent for myself and a large 
one for the men; this latter can be used for a 
kitchen and dining-room in bad weather, but one 
tent answers every purpose. With regard to beds 
—one man will be perfectly happy with a blanket 
on the bare ground while another will not. For 
my part, after a hard day’s work I want to rest 
