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When we examined him he proved much more worthy 

 of powder and shot than I had imagined, for he carried a 

 beautiful pair of upstanding horns, showing twenty-one 

 points, with both tops and bays well developed. In fact, 

 in some ways I considered this to be the best trophy either 

 of us obtained, though all four were excellent heads, quite 

 above the class that is best described as warrantable. 



It was, as can be imagined, with much rejoicing that 

 we bore him back to camp, where we arrived about four 

 o'clock, and two hours later we heard the powerful voice 

 of Mousqueton hailing us from the darkness across the 

 river. 



