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his cartridges. He was using an 8 Mil. 

 Mannlicher rifle — the same kind of weapon 

 that we were using. He had purchased 

 American cartridges, and about every other 

 one for some reason failed to explode. The 

 Chief made a call at their camp and, finding 

 out that Mr. Elkins was in need of cartridges, 

 we were pleased to be able to supply his wants 

 with some that had been made in Vienna, 

 Austria. 



It's a nasty thing to travel thousands of 

 miles in search of big game and then to find 

 the ammunition defective and unreliable, and 

 more particularly where bears are to be 

 hunted. 



That evening we were in bed early, so as 

 to have a good start in the morning. Our 

 route for the new day was to cross another 

 divide which required a long and torturous 

 journey before we got to the summit. Once 

 there, we lunched on its crest and from our 

 high elevation took in the wonders of the 

 glorious scenery. To the right of our line of 

 travel, a goodly sized stream forced its way 

 through a canyon with high, snow-covered 

 m,ountains on each side. The course of the 

 stream being at right angles to us and its path 

 straight away without any turning as far as 



