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moose, and catamounts of the Shatagee country. The 

 Ingens are all gone, and the other wild things will fol- 

 low, and such men as old Pete Meigs and I, will be 

 gone too. People won't want a guide, for there won't 

 be forest enough to get lost in. It won't be any great - 

 loss to the world, may be, we ain't of much practical 

 use ; and when our vocation's gone, we "von't be 

 wanted any longer." 



