What food for imagination in this unexplored wildness" of mountaina and glens with its scattered popula-ton "of semi-barbarians. What possibilities of secret valleys of wonderful richness, protected by, Surrounding dif" and. jealously guarded by the tribe who have made dec ery mu at cers ft home thre," Wit lon stockless, match-lock guns (tied (quered spilled their tone his back, long: righty" aide in which the eon-last drop of with hinged prongs on which the gun is rested when fired. They are wonderful woodsman with marvellous eyesight and the ability to follow a trail with the surety of a blood hound. When friendly they. are most staunch, loyal and resourceful henchmen, but I can fancy. nothing much more'perilous than to have one of these human panthers on one's trail with hatred in his heart, From Archuen I passed on to explore the higher mountain peaks that stretch for miles to the south and west. The southern course blood to further enrich the soil for the benefit of the conquerors. What tales of border feuds carried on from generation to generation; of foul murders committed in the re treat of some lone mountain defile, and of savage vengeance secured after years of patient watching and Waiting—the world will never know.
spent over a month exploring in this country with Archuen as a base operations, and here I stalked and killed the wary barbel and, om 'a memorable day, brought to bag the greater. white-maned sarom—but those are other stories.
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