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back during thought that I had not
come too late. I decided the young
jungle came & go to the north on its rid, side,
so started I went along the side of the
valley show its patches of woods stretching
the hill sides, while the younger branches
striking over its rid. later next.
I had not been gone more than an hour
that just crossed across the lower end of a
deep ravine when I heard a rapid bark close
& whistled me. It was a harsh deep toned bark
exactly like one I had heard in Korea and caused
by a switch of riverigators called a 'transport'
of bungle'. I turned almost to be naturally
thrilled as due by an electric shock, and
worked cautiously drop its rid side towards
the sound. I believed it to be some distance
away, further than it really was, &
as I kept latter trips of the ridge bordering
its rivers while I had crossed lower down
a splendid bull wapiti rushed off down its trees.
He had been standing on the very bottom of the
ravine feeding on its tender grass. There
was no chance to shoot because of the
heavy cover from when I saw him
again running along the side of its front
on the hillside, there was such a screen of
branches between us that a shot would
have been useless.
Cursing myself for all sorts of