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roundings, have now disappeared for ever. Still the 

 glorious air and the grand wild scenery of the Rocky 

 Mountains remain, and that favoured region is still 

 the home of at least a few of the grandest stags to 

 be found on our planet; whilst mule deer and big- 



A "PARK" IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS; PACK PONIES GRAZING 

 DURING A HALT, SEPTEMBER, 1897 



horn sheep, both very fine animals of their kind, are 

 by no means yet extinct. 



The grandeur and wildness of the scenery itself in 

 these American mountains was to me a constant de- 

 light; for whilst tracking wapiti high up near the verge 

 of timber line, I was always wandering through scenes 



