morally as well as physically, her- 

 culean strength at anybody's ser- 

 vice (I have seen him break a big 

 pebble in his hands) , his never-failing 

 good humour, his homely philosophy 

 and woodcraft lore made him the 

 man of all others to go camping with. 

 It was largely his courage and en- 

 durance that had made it possible 

 to bring Monarch the biggest grizzly 

 ever captured alive, to the Zoo at 

 Golden Gate. 



Whether my derision had urged 

 him on, or whether his own remarks 

 were a precursor to his present 

 plan, I know not, but Nimrod disap- 

 peared behind some bushes and soon 

 was splashing right merrily. How 

 I envied them. My prim inheritance 

 forbade that a towel should serve as 

 a bathing garment. To my undoing, 

 memory now presented a picture 

 printed there only the day before 

 when on the march; a jolly cascade 

 of purest mountain vintage had 

 scooped out in its eager course a 

 granite slab, great boulders were 

 piled about it. Here was a bath-tub 

 smooth, unscarred by crack or peb- 

 ble, a bath-tub for Susanne to envy. 



