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coat, so that it gave a little shriek, and said "Va pa," 

 which is "Cela ne va pas" reduced to its bony frame- 

 work. I doffed the offending coat and we went for- 

 ward as shown on the map. The horses were left at 

 A ; the wind was east. First we circled a little to east- 

 ward, tossing grass at intervals, but, finding plenty of 

 new sign, went northerly and westward till most of the 



x x x x course taken when I got lost. At F I turned 



back to the lake, s s s shows Sousi's course 



when stalking the Buffalo 



new sign was east of us. Sousi then led for C, telling 

 me to step in his tracks and make no noise. I did so 

 for long, but at length a stick cracked under my foot; 

 he turned and looked reproachfully at me. Then a 

 stick cracked under his foot; I gave him a poke in the 

 ribs. When we got to the land between the lakes 

 at D, Sousi pointed and said, "They are here." We 

 sneaked with the utmost caution that way it was im- 

 possible to follow any one trail and in 200 yards Sousi 

 sank to the ground gasping out, "La! la! maintenon 

 faites son portrait au tant que vous voudrez." I 



