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 peach lunch and sent him back to open up the meat to cool and stay with it. I ate a similar lunch after feeding the horse and finding a pool from which I could drink. Then I worked at repacking our load and got the portion which is here in much better shape. At 9:30 I built a fire to take off the growing chill of a September night at 8000 feet above sea level and prepared to spend the night without bedding, shelter or water to drink. The first task now is to get my boots dry, as they are wringing wet. It is now (10 p.m.) clear and beautiful, as the moon is arising above the treetops. This certainly has been a strenuous afternoon. At 11 o'clock I crawled under the wagon with the slicker about me and laid