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Such is luck. Happily he had not a rifle, 

 or most certainly he would have loosed 

 off. 



September 11th. Our future plans had now 

 to be discussed and decided on. 



Instead of two or three days' march, we had 

 owing to a chapter of accidents taken ten days 

 to get into the wapiti country. Provisions 

 were running short. Smith was practically 

 hors de combat and feeling worse every day, 

 and yet viewing the fact that we were now 

 in the wapiti country, and by spending another 

 few days we might reasonably expect to get 

 another bull, I was extremely unwilling to 

 turn back. 



On the other hand, further exposure in the 

 vile weather we were experiencing might have 

 resulted in Smith's serious illness. Not liking 

 to assume the responsibility, I left it to him. 

 He reluctantly decided for home. I feel sure 

 he was even more disappointed than I was, 

 for he was a keen sportsman, but in his present 

 condition he was quite unfit to carry a pack, 

 while serious illness might have resulted from 

 exposure to pouring rain. The decision was 

 the only one that could be come to, so there 

 was no use in repining. 



We accordingly sent Thomson and Lansdown 

 back to Keogh Lake with the wapiti head and 



