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NEW TRACKS IN NORTH AMERICA. 



the 



cam 



In yain we belaboured tlie unwilling mules 



am we 



lI to make our 



riding 



horses 



aw 



afte 



rs spent in such useless efforts, we emptied the wagon an<f 

 ied each piece of luggage across the rapid riverj with the 

 or above our waists ; then we put oiu^selves in the harnelf 



drasired the wagon through. When I say ive^ I inclucF 



The " Outfit" in Difficulties. 



myself; but I did not become a beast of burdeuj sciena' 



While my companions 



saving me from that degradation. 



i 



bereft of all garments save their shii'ts, were tugging man- 

 fully at the ropesy I was fulfilling a contract I had just 

 made—that if I took a photograph of their manly forms, they 



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would dispense if possible with my assistance. Here is ih.i 



result. 



Camping on the opposite bank for the night, we sent bact 



