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We could only muster a few between[81] us. The guide had a dozen; I had two—just enough, we considered, to take us out all right. WE COULD ONLY MUSTER A FEW BETWEEN US THE GUIDE HAD A DOZEN I HAD TWO JUST ENOUGH WE CONSIDERED TO TAKE US OUT ALL RIGHT
and so forth, but the only fellow available was a Siwash of whom he disapproved. My guide would not have him at any price; he was lazy, a drunkard, a liar, and even worse, for on one occasion he came back without the sportsman he had taken up country on a shooting trip, and his story was not convincing, to say the least. These disappearances are always awkward, of course, as you both know. We preferred, anyhow, to go without the Siwash, and off we started. “At first our luck was bad. I saw many wapiti, but no good heads; only after a fortnight’s hunting did I manage to get a decent head, though even that was not so good as I should have liked. “We were then near the head waters of a little river that ran down into the Inlet; heavy rains had made the river rise; running downstream was a risky job, what with old log-jams shifting and new ones forming; and, after many narrow escapes, we upset one afternoon and had the misfortune to lose a lot of our kit, amongst it most of our cartridges. PACK OUR KIT OVER PORTAGES AND SO FORTH BUT THE ONLY FELLOW AVAILABLE WAS THE SIWASH OF WHOM HE DISAPPROVED MY GUIDE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD HIM AT ANY PRICE HE WAS LAZY A DRUNKARD A LIAR AND EVEN WORSE FOR ON ONE OCCASION HE CAME BACK WITHOUT THE SPORTSMEN HE HAD TAKEN UP COUNTRY ON A SHOOTING TRIP AND HIS STORY WAS NOT CONVINCING TO SAY THE LEAST THESE DISAPPEARANCES ARE ALWAYS AWKWARD OF COURSE AS YOU BOTH KNOW WE PREFERRED ANYHOW TO GO WITHOUT THE SIGWASH AND OFF WE STARTED AT FIRST OUR LUCK WAS BAD I SAW MANY WAPPITY BUT NO GOOD HEADS ONLY AFTER A FORTNIGHT'S HUNTING THAT I MANAGED TO GET A DECENT HEAD THOUGH EVEN THAT WAS NOT SO GOOD AS I SHOULD HAVE LIKED WE WERE THEN NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF A LITTLE RIVER THAT RAN DOWN INTO THE INLET HEAVY RAINS HAD MADE THE WATER RISE RUNNING DOWNSTREAM WAS A RISKY JOB WHAT WITH OLD LOG JAMS SHIFTING AND NEW ONES FORMING AND AFTER MANY NARROW ESCAPES WE UPSET ONE AFTERNOON AND THE MISFORTUNE TO LOSE A LOT OF OUR KIT AMONGST IT MOST OF OUR CARTRIDGES
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