176 SPORT AND TRAVEL 



a dozen or so with an artificial minnow, that must have 

 averaged nearly two pounds each. 



Davies' cabin, picturesquely situated just at the junc- 

 tion of Cabin Creek with the South Fork of Stinking 

 Water, we at last reached by midday of September 9. 



DAVIES' RANCH, SOUTH FORK OF STINKING WATER RIVER, 

 SEPTEMBER, 1897 



This was the goal of our waggon-journey, as the narrow 

 trail leading up the gorge into the rugged and unin- 

 habited mountains beyond was impassable for anything 

 but pack ponies. We lost no time in off-loading the 

 waggon (which we left in charge of Mr. Davies) and ar- 

 ranging the loads for the horses, and on the afternoon 



