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out of the canyon into the valley of the Wolverine 

 and Harris River, a heavy rain set in down the val- 

 ley, while the mountains on either side and the range 

 we had just crossed were veiled and shrouded with a 

 driving snowstorm, upon which we gazed with im- 

 mense satisfaction to think that the storm had held 

 off long enough to permit us to cross, as the crossing 

 in a blizzard such as was then raging over our trail 

 of yesterday would have been utterly out of the 

 question. 



Rain and sleet persisted all the afternoon as we 

 plodded along the gloomy valley, following the 

 swollen Wolverine until we came to the hunting 

 cabin of Dixon on the Donjeck at four o'clock. 

 Since we had nothing to eat since early morning and 

 as the Wolverine was too high for fording, we de- 

 cided to stop for the night at the cabin and dry out 

 before the fire. We are glad the rest of our party 

 will not attempt to follow our trail across the moun- 

 tains, but will come around through the St. Clair 

 and Harris River valleys, as the blizzard of to-day 

 raging upon the mountains must have added con- 

 siderable depth to the snow upon the range. 



After a large supper of sheep meat, Jim baked 

 several loaves of real bread, while we sat about the 

 stove and dried our rain-soaked garments until it 

 was time to roll up in the sleeping bunks. We are 

 praying for a cessation of the rain, as the Wolverine 

 is on a rampage and the Donjeck is correspondingly 



