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the wapiti heads been really good ones. They were 

 not, however, as large as I had expected to get, and in 

 that respect my trip was a disappointing one ; but on 

 the other hand two of the mule deer heads were finer 

 than anything I had hoped to obtain, and these alone 

 were an ample reward for the long journey to and from 

 the Rocky Mountains, whilst the time spent in the 

 mountains themselves, the taste of the wild free life, 

 the glorious air, and the magnificent scenery through 

 which I had daily wandered, rifle in hand, I cannot 

 look upon as time ill spent, even though I never got a 

 shot at the great wapiti bull of my imagination, nor 

 saw a single specimen of a mountain sheep. 



My journey home was uneventful, and I finally 

 landed in England on December 16, after an absence 

 of exactly two months. 



