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shore of a big lake in the north. The 

 stones probably hurt his feet, but what- 

 ever the cause, he waded cut into the 

 water until he could just swim, then 

 turned and kept abreast of the pack- 

 train, nor could curses nor stones make 

 him come to shore, while any attempt 

 to swim out and head him in he met 

 by turning and swimming straight out 

 into the lake. These tactics he kept 

 up for eight miles, or until the trail led 



time. When the time does come to 

 move the horses may be found so thor- 

 oughly rested that they feel obliged 

 to show it by distributing some of the 

 packs through the timber, or by giv- 

 ing their riders a good shaking up. 



In conclusion, let me say a word 

 for the guides and packers. How often 

 you hear complaints of them, some- 

 times for very good reasons, to be 

 sure, but how seldom do the people 



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us back into the timber. It was not 

 until later that we discovered that he 

 had been carrying the sugar, and of a 

 hundred pounds only eighteen were 

 left us. 



Horses,- like men, cannot work day 

 in and day out with the best results, 

 and so they must be given a day's rest 

 every five or six days if they are to be 

 kept in shape. Of course, when the 

 outfit is a hunting party these stops 

 would be made anyway, for the sake of 

 hunting, and camp will often not be 

 moved for a week or ten days at a 



who make the complaints stop to think 

 that, perhaps, the other side of the 

 story might make interesting reading, 

 and that while they see clearly the mote 

 in the guide's eye they fail to see the 

 beam in their own. The man in charge 

 of an outfit has enough little worries 

 of his own to bother him, worries all 

 unknown to the rest of the party, with- 

 out taking on his shoulders the burden 

 of all the private troubles as well. 

 Sometimes he is not pleasant company, 

 but, after all, he is hired to do certain 

 work, not as an entertainer. 



