. Camp-fires of a naturalist [microform] : the story of fourteen expeditions after North American mammals, from the field notes of Lewis Lindsay Dyche, , , professor of zoology and curator of birds and mammals in the Kansas State University. Dyche, Lewis Lindsay, 1857-1916; Dyche, Lewis Lindsay, 1857-1916; Mammals; Mammals; Naturalists; Zoology; Mammifères; Mammifères; Naturalistes; Zoologie. ^, II 8k '/I I f'. CHAPTER VI. A Peculiar Wedding-Journey—Field Taxidermy—A Typical Mountaineer—Big Bear Talk—The Cabin was Looted—A Lost Timepiece—A Great Day for Talking. jLL was bustle in Parad


. Camp-fires of a naturalist [microform] : the story of fourteen expeditions after North American mammals, from the field notes of Lewis Lindsay Dyche, , , professor of zoology and curator of birds and mammals in the Kansas State University. Dyche, Lewis Lindsay, 1857-1916; Dyche, Lewis Lindsay, 1857-1916; Mammals; Mammals; Naturalists; Zoology; Mammifères; Mammifères; Naturalistes; Zoologie. ^, II 8k '/I I f'. CHAPTER VI. A Peculiar Wedding-Journey—Field Taxidermy—A Typical Mountaineer—Big Bear Talk—The Cabin was Looted—A Lost Timepiece—A Great Day for Talking. jLL was bustle in Paradise Valley one May morning two years after the events nar- rated in the preceding chapter. Harvey was reading to Mrs. Harvey and Allie a letter, the gist of which was as follows: " Meet me with the burros. I have two compan- ions and am coming to spend the summer with ; It was from Dycho, and this announcement was the cause of the commotion. Everyone was impa- tient for the pack-train to bo off, even old Reuben seeming to know that something out of the ordinary had happened, for instead of hanging back and caus- ing trouble when the train started, he walked sedately to his place and waited for his saddle. Dyche and his companions had travelled the twenty-five miles from Las Vegas to the foot of the mountains in a wagon, and were now waiting for the arrival of the pack-train from the mountain ranch. Their baggage had been dumped on the ground at the edge of a little Mexican village on the banks of the Qallinas River, and here they made their camp. The home life of the Mexicans, as seen from the door of their tent, served to while away the time 76 iiiM. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Edwords, Clarence E. (Clarence Edgar), b. 1856; Dyche, Lewis Lindsay, 1857-1916. Lo


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