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aiixit^uslv. A I II o'clock il l)('i;an to pour, ainl I rcLrcuLcU 

 to tlic camp. Iloiii- after liniii- passed and llicv did not 

 rctitni. Al llif first gliiniiifr ot'liiilit, I was down al tiic 

 l)rid!j;c again and soon after saw llicni a[)pcariii«j;. 



In llif nicanwliilr <aii' two men li;id readied tlieni, ImiI. 

 llioU'_;li tlie\- liail succeeded ill findiiiL;' the way up. Ilicy 

 could not hit oil' the clue again, and after struggling tor 

 sonic hours in I lie di'iii[)iiig /('(/-j'Ohrcn at an angle of 50 

 degrees, tliev ioiind iheii- way to a woodman's (//fc, where 

 they sat, soaked and shivering, for tiie rest of the night. 

 Twenty-four hours hiter, my brother was seriously ill, and 

 developed a severe attack of dysentery. This was beyond 

 the healing power of the priest, and, making an ambulance 

 of a l)<r(/-(ri/(/r,i, 1 o-ot him with some difhcultv over to 

 i'onlrcsina, where for a fortuiuliL i nursed liiiii uiilii he 

 was well euouu'h to travel home. 



The next time I \ isited the valley the poor priest was 

 dead — died of ennui, they said. For that he had no 

 remedy. 



I never had anything approaching an accident in 

 oh.iiuiiis huntin*'-, thouLih I once hurt myself rather badlv. 

 W r were stalking some chamois in a diilicult position 

 when llie\' look the alariii. li\' runniiiL;' hard for lliree or 

 Wnw hundred \afds we were aide to cut them off at a ])ass, 

 ami aiii\-cd just as they crossed, at a distaiKH' of tw.'nty 

 \ards. 1 Ixiiocked over the leader, and then ran forward 

 aoain to try to get a second shot. I had lo descend a 

 short but steep slope of snow, and di<l so by a standing 

 r//isfir((Ii' ; Intt, as I was carrying a ritle, 1 could not steady 

 myself as usual with a stick. The bottom >A' the slope 

 was converted into hard ii-e. and upon this f slipped up, 



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