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so that grouse might be shot by the way without 
frightening the neighbourhood, the bullets and 
powder charges being small. As the trail became 
monotonous we hunted up some of this ammuni- 
tion and then turning off the road, proceeded to 
explore the surrounding country. After a time a 
rabbit was started and followed by C., while I 
ascended some low hills to the east to see what was 
beyond. Fresh tracks on the recently wet ground 
appeared, and examining them, I decided that they 
were those of antelope, as there could not be any 
other animals of that size about; so following these 
a couple of miles I came across a herd of seven 
ona little elevation. Whatluck! There they were 
—and there I was without effective ammunition, all 
because of the assurance that nothing had been 
seen for years within seventy miles of this neigh- 
bourhood. ‘With my glasses, I saw that there were 
two nice bucks—I watched them trotting about for 
some minutes before they got wind of me and 
dashed off. Circling back to the road, about dusk 
I reached the wagon just as it was nearing a soli- 
tary log cabin where we intended spending the 
night. (©. had lost the rabbit and no other game 
had been seen. Great was the surprise of all when 
they heard of the antelope. 
By the time the horses were unhitched and sup- 
per cooked it was dark and cold, so we decided 
to sleep on the kitchen floor and not waste time 
putting up tents. There is a telephone all the way 
to Piney and every cabin has an instrument. As 
a result of this, the movements of all strangers and 
