twenty-four miles from George’s ranch, 
which might mean three or six days 
according to the state of the traveling. 
Along the river, I had the fortune to 
see what very few folks ever have 
seen, even trappers, for George had 
only seen it twice in eighteen years, 
that was a marten running free in the 
snow. George was about a hundred 
yards ahead of me. The skunk-musk 
which he carried on his back must 
have aroused this marten’s curiosity 
and caused him to follow down to in¬ 
vestigate. He had not noticed me be¬ 
hind until I was within twenty yards 
of him. Then he doubled excitedly and 
scurried up the hill, looking round and 
stopping up every few yards. 
On the morning of our eleventh day, 
coming down the valley, we had to 
ford the river right at the start of our 
day’s trip, for the ice and snow had 
given way and the water was running 
free. Fortunately we found a shallow 
part that did not come over our ankles. 
We set several traps on the way, but 
the bluejays pestered us. They have 
a very keen scent and are a constant 
trouble to the trapper. They will 
smell his meat bait wrapped up in his 
pack and, as he goes along, will flute 
a strange note of anticipation. They 
get into the traps almost before they 
are properly set. The flute note of 
anticipation changes to an excited 
“chat-chat-chat” as they draw near to 
the trap. 
At the beaver dams, I saw a mink 
come out of its hole by the side of the 
river and go slowly down the water 
edge as if on some definite errand. I 
stood still and watched. It made its 
way to a furry object that was lying 
partly submerged in the water. An 
otter had got caught in one of George’s 
traps and the mink had been feeding 
for the last day or so on the dead 
animal’s tongue and throat. Evident¬ 
ly Mister Mink is an epicure and likes 
the dainty pieces, for the otter’s fur 
and body were unharmed. 
The going began to get very bad 
again, on account of a continuing 
thaw. To avoid getting soaked through 
from the great blobs of snow which 
kept falling from the trees, we had to 
take to the benches on the side of the 
hills again, where the trees were not 
so dense. Eight inches of the snow 
on top of the benches was soft, while 
the bottom had gone completely from 
under, so that we slipped, slithered 
and floundered at every step, sliding 
downward three or four feet at every 
stride. But we were determined to 
reach George’s fourteen mile cabin 
that night come wh"at may. We were 
dog-tired when several miles from it, 
but we kept on, step by step, resting 
up now and again, then on a few hun¬ 
dred yards more. The dark was set- 
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AMERICA to participate in the 
unrivalled opportunities here and 
to make this city their headquar¬ 
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Matchless Medina L a k e—60 
minutes distant from San Antonio 
—where Nature has composed her 
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Countless days of sunshine add 
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and TURKEY HUNTING from 
November 1st to January 1st, in 
the far-flung hills bordering San 
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lakes and the Gulf of Mexico, 6 
hours away,—is allowed now until 
January 31st. In this wonderful 
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