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endangered by the causeless stampede of terror-stricken steeds, 

 which gallop madly over everything-, from tent to man. 



Weapons should always he kept ready for prompt use in 

 case they might be needed ; and every man ought to know at 

 once where to place his hand on his own, even in the darkness. 



All these precautions may be unnecessary, yet it would be 

 well to pay some attention to them when parties are camping 

 out, and are traversing new or dangerous ground, as a detach- 

 ment of white or red thieves might consider a raid upon a 

 camp a profitable enterprise, and nothing proves so efficacious 

 an antidote to their avariciousness as a few prompt and well- 

 delivered bullets. In ordinary hunting expeditious there is 

 very little danger of being attacked by anything fiercer than 

 a wounded animal, and that in very rare instances, so that, 

 except under very unusual circumstances, life is as safe there 

 as it would be in the heart of a great city if not safer. 



Sporting dogs of all kinds can be utilized in every quarter 

 of the country ; but the most valuable are pointers, setters, 

 and hounds. The greyhound can be employed in coursing 

 hares and antelopes, the deerhound for following on open 

 ground the lordly elk, burly moose, or swift and cunning 

 white-tailed deer, the terrier for routing foxes and badgers 

 from their burrows, or measuring its strength against them in 

 deadly combat, while the beagle, harrier, fox and otter hound 

 will find all the work they wish to do, and more than they 

 may care for, almost every day in the year. 



The weapons required for the chase in the region are a rifle, 

 a breech-loading shot-gun, a heavy revolver, and a good hunt- 

 ing knife. The rifle should be of large calibre, not less than 

 forty-five at least, and its trajectory should be as flat as pos- 

 sible, for in shooting at rapidly moving game one cannot stop 

 to elevate the rear sights, and even if he did, he might raise 

 the wrong one in his hurry and excitement and shoot either 

 over or under the quarry. It is, besides, a difficult matter to 

 estimate distances in that country, even with an extensive 

 experience, owing to the clearness of the atmosphere, which 

 causes all objects to seem nearer than they actually are. For 

 shooting on treeless plateaus at a distance of -300 yards and 



