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THE iJOCKv :\rorNTAms 



For years T IkkI nursnl tlu' inojcct of a liiinting trip to 

 the IJi)ck\- ,Arouiitains, and drrixcd endless excitement ;iiid 

 pleasure from the coiilemplation of wli.i! I could hardly 

 rejT^ard as more tlinii a vision. At last a fixvoiirable moment 

 arn\c(l, .-lud willi ni\' smi iVcsli iVoni (•dllc^c I >i;ii-ic(l m 

 the Ar'r:o)i<(. We did iii>L Jel the grass grow under our 

 feet. M\' fi'ieiids thought that T av;is going to studv 

 education;d [)rol>leius in IJoston. hut during our aljseiice of 

 eleven weeks IVoui London we onlv passed two idghts in a 

 civilised bed — -one in New \'or]\. the other at a lin--awa\' 

 Fort in the fooidiills of the Oreat l)i\ idc 



Neither tlie lengtli of thi- Hying \isit. nor lln- extent of 

 t>ur hag. entitles a '" tender-foot " like mvselt' to speak of 

 those reo-ious, or ihu hiu" Sfamc which inhabits them, with 

 the autlioi'itv and cxjtcrioiu'c df iliose past masters of 

 the chase who till lai-ge ualleries witli heads and skins 

 which ha\(' taken \'ears to collect, bul we did manage to 

 brinij" back', besides snme hand-ome i rdiilnes suu"U"estive of 

 delight Jul memories, a stock' of \i'_;our from the most 

 braciiiLi climate in the world, wliidi man\ toils did not 



