story and I had it again from S. D. The little wretch had told the hunters that he insisted upon knowing the number of a deer they had killed after I had expressly said I did not want it. He had charged me double for everything he had purchased a merrier transaction with the hunters, which we had had done before. Moreover, he had neglected our horses, tied them so they could not eat, lost one saddle & in short, had become a thoroughly useless little devil. I have never seen such a complete debasement in the value of a man. On the plains he was all that one could ask, eager, interested, brisk working reliable & a pleasant companion. The day we left Unga for our trip into the woods this slump began at once since he has been getting steadily worse, but his end is near for when the trip is over we will have a final reunion and while he will learn the value of being honest + of treating a foreigner squarely. When we left the hunters to ride into our main camp it was 3 o'clock of a lowering afternoon. There had been rain about a m. but we trust it had ceased for that day, so were hardly slowed however before the sky began to darken. On the next summit which rises one could see a grey veil while rapidly drew near. In ten minutes it reached us and we were in a deluge of hail. The stones were the size of peas and fell on an