twenty-three "Cities" in that state having 

 less than one thousand inhabitants each. 

 Of these, six have less than three hun- 

 dred each. "Promise City" in eighty 

 years has acquired two hundred and 

 seventy-eight inhabitants, while "Walnut 

 City" beats the record with thirty. 



We then did not know, and we do not 

 now know, how many inhabitants there 

 were in Muskrat City, but we feel confi- 

 dent they outnumbered the citizens of 

 some of the Iowa cities. 



By the time we had reached the floor 

 of the valley, rain ceased to fall and in a 

 few minutes the sun was shining. We 

 were not only wet but we now realized 

 that we were hungry. It was long past 

 our usual lunch hour. Fish baskets were 

 unslung from our backs and we found 

 our sandwiches had been reduced by the 

 rain to a mushy mess mixed with paper 

 pulp. Indeed, a substantial part of our 

 rations had been converted into liquid 

 form and distributed along our route 

 through the woods. 



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