. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . IN A GULLY, V~lfc - *t \. CROSSING A GLACIER. X. THE DESCENT ON THE OTHER SIDE. To face p- 56. •* 1 ; THE LILLOOET COUNTRY 57 guides, and what he doesnt know about the gamein the country is hardly worth knowing. There is no trail here ; the country is all open,and Schwartz knows his way among the moun-tains. We can make good time here. But one ofthe packhorses puts his foot into a gopher holeand comes down. He has cut a small vein, andthe blood spurts out from above the fetlock, butfortunately no bone is broken. His leg is bandagedand we
. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . IN A GULLY, V~lfc - *t \. CROSSING A GLACIER. X. THE DESCENT ON THE OTHER SIDE. To face p- 56. •* 1 ; THE LILLOOET COUNTRY 57 guides, and what he doesnt know about the gamein the country is hardly worth knowing. There is no trail here ; the country is all open,and Schwartz knows his way among the moun-tains. We can make good time here. But one ofthe packhorses puts his foot into a gopher holeand comes down. He has cut a small vein, andthe blood spurts out from above the fetlock, butfortunately no bone is broken. His leg is bandagedand we proceed. He limps for several days, andhas to be lightly loaded, but is soon well gopher holes are very dangerous, and it isa wonder that he didnt break his leg. In this open country the horses are liable toscatter, and some one has to be riding round tohead them off continually. Another brings up therear, urging on the laggards, for some of the horsesare lazy and will not go any faster than they haveto. The process necessitates the exercise of con-siderable lung power, and it is absol
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