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But I got across at last and came out upon another stream at the bottom of the new valley. BUT I GOT ACROSS AT LAST AND CAME OUT UPON ANOTHER STREAM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NEW VALLEY
t; 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. 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. Still, it was an infernal nuisance. We camped at once to dry out our soaked things in front of a big fire, and while this laundry work was going on, the guide suggested my filling in the time by taking a look at the next little valley, which ran parallel to ours. He had seen some good heads over there a few weeks ago. Possibly I might come upon the herd. I started at once, taking my two cartridges with me. “It was the devil of a job getting over the divide, for it was a badly bushed-up place, and where there were no bushes there were boulders and fallen trees, and the going was slow and tiring. LE 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 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 STILL IT WAS AN INFERNAL NUISANCE WE CAMPED AT ONCE TO DRY OUT OUR SOAKED THINGS IN FRONT OF A BIG FIRE AND WHILE THIS LAUNDRY WORK WAS GOING ON THE GUIDE SUGGESTED MY FEELING IN THE TIME BY TAKING A LOOK AT THE NEXT LITTLE VALLEY WHICH RAN PARALLEL TO OURS HE HAD SEEN SOME GOOD HEADS OVER THERE A FEW WEEKS AGO POSSIBLY I MIGHT COME UPON THE HERD I STARTED AT ONCE TAKING MY TWO CARTRIDGES WITH ME IT WAS THE DEVIL OF A JOB GETTING OVER THE DIVIDE FOR IT WAS A BADLY BUSHED UP PLACE AND WHERE THERE WERE NO BUSHES THERE WERE BOULDERS AND FALLEN TREES AND THE GOING WAS SLOW AND TIRING
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