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It is at first a little startling when this principle is observed 

 by your own servants, whom you pay to look after you ; 

 l)ut an Englishman who wishes to enjoy himself out West 

 had better fall in with this view of life, treat his men on 



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equal terms, and expect no personal service. His clumsy 

 efforts to fend for himself will Ije openly ridiculed, but 

 secretly respected. 



They had pitched our camp a mile l)eyond the Fort, on 

 the Ijanks of one of the numerous forks of the Wind River, 

 for the sake of better feed for the horses. Thither, after 

 paying our respects to the commanding officer, we pre- 

 sently cantered out, full of the first glamour of expectation, 



