THE LONG TRAIL 



and incidents of them soon became coin- 

 current in the expedition. Father's humor 

 was never under any circumstances ill- 

 natured, or of such a sort as might make 

 its object feel uncomfortable. If anything 

 amusing occurred to a member of the ex- 

 pedition, father would embroider the hap- 

 pening in inimitable fashion, but always 

 in such a way that the victim himself was 

 the person most amused. The accom- 

 panying drawing will serve as illustration. 

 Pather and I had gone out to get some 

 buck to eke out the food supply for the 

 porters. We separated, but some time 

 later I caught sight of father and 

 thought I would join him and return 

 to camp. I didn't pa}^ particular atten- 

 tion to what he was doing, and as he 

 was some way off I failed to notice that 

 he was walking stooped to keep con- 

 cealed by a rise of ground from some 

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