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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. 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
e 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. 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. WKWARD 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 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
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