
mountain horse is a living wonder, so sure- 
footed and clever is he getting down rock 
ledges that are not easy for man; in fact, 
there are few places where man can go that 
a mountain horse cannot follow. Fording 
a stream on a horse’s back is great fun, par- 
ticularly when the water gets deeper and 
deeper; now up over the stirrup, and you 
wonder how manysteps more it will be before 

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You are dumb with this newest realization 
the horse has to strike out. There was one 
day when I was in the saddle from seven in 
the morning until seven at night, stopping 
only for an occasional drink and an hour 
or so for my lunch. 
Toward: night your attention is turned 
to find a good spot to camp in. Any moun- 
tain meadow that has a good stream run- 
ning through it and plenty of trees is a 
Toward night your attention is turned 
