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coat, so that it gave a little shriek, and said "Va pa/' 

 which is "Cela ne va pas" reduced to its bony frame- 

 work. I doffed the offending coat and we went for- 

 ward as shown on the map. The horses were left at 

 A; the wind was east. First we circled a little to east- 

 ward, tossing grass at intervals, but, finding plenty of 

 new sign, went northerly and westward till most of the 



N 



x x x x course taken when I got lost. At F I turned 



back to the lake, s s s shows Sousi 's course 



when stalking the Buffalo 



new sign was east of us. Sousi then led for C, telling 

 me to step in his tracks and make no noise. I did so 

 for long, but at length a stick cracked under my foot ; 

 he turned and looked reproachfully at me. Then a 

 stick cracked under his foot; I gave him a poke in the 

 ribs. When we got to the land between the lakes 

 at D, Sousi pointed and said, "They are here." We 

 sneaked with the utmost caution that way — it was im- 

 possible to follow any one trail — and in 200 yards Sousi 

 sank to the ground gasping out, "La! la! maintenon 

 faites son portrait au tant que vous voudrez." I 



