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SPORT AND TRAVEL 



Whilst the tents were being pitched, I walked a 

 short distance away and was just strolling through a 

 grove of pine-trees when I saw an animal coming 

 towards me at a slow trot. At first I thought it was 

 a young deer coming along with its head held down ; 





TRAVELLING WITH PACK PONIES UP THE SOUTH FORK OF THE 

 STINKING WATER RIVER; CROSSING A BIT OF ROCK 



then I thought it must be a puma ; and finally I saw 

 that it was a lynx. I stood perfectly still, and it came 

 steadily on to within fifteen yards, before seeming to 

 notice me. Then it halted and stood looking intently 

 at me, evidently not quite able to make me out, and 

 all the time twitching its little bobtail. I had not my 



