Trail and Camp-Fire 



We hunted up a dark place in the cellar of 

 the resident's house, and, opening the camera, 

 found the film torn completely across, not 

 having been turned evenly on the supply roll. 

 We took the film off, and, when about to re- 

 place it, were uncertain whether the glazed or 

 dull side should face the diaphragm. All 

 were in favor of the glazed side, but on open- 

 ing both of H. K.'s cameras, we found the 

 glazed side facing front in one and the dull 

 side in the other. H. K. had loaded one of 

 the cameras himself, but had forgotten which 

 one it was. Then both men suggested that I 

 open up my camera to settle the matter. 

 This I positively refused to do, as I knew 

 little about the inside of the machine, and 

 wished to run no risks. The film was finally 

 replaced, and all would have been well had 

 the back of the camera been closed tightly. 

 Unfortunately, a little crack let in sufificient 

 light to damage many of the photographs. 



Before leaving the coast, we tried the shoot- 

 ing and kicking qualities of our large rifles— 

 eight-bores and '5773 — experiments for which 

 we had previously had no time. The eight- 

 bores were very accurate, and, considering the 



10 drams of powder and 2-ounce ball, shook 



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