get rested and to graze, while we had all the remainder
of the afternoon to fish, hunt, or loaf. Sometimes,
however, it was more expedient to make a lunch-camp
at noon. Then we allowed an hour for grazing, and
about half an hour to pack and unpack. It meant
steady work for ourselves. To unpack, turn out the
horses, cook, wash dishes, saddle up seven animals,
and repack, kept us very busy. There remained not
much leisure to enjoy the scenery. It freshened the
horses, however, which was the main point. I should
say the first method was the better for ordinary
journeys; and the latter for those times when, to reach
good feed, a forced march becomes necessary.

On reaching the night's stopping-place, the cook
for the day unpacks the cook-horse and at once sets
about the preparation of dinner. The other two attend
to the animals. And no matter how tired you
are, or how hungry you may be, you must take time
to bathe their backs with cold water; to stake the
picket-animal where it will at once get good feed and
not tangle its rope in bushes, roots, or stumps; to
hobble the others; and to bell those inclined to
wander. After this is done, it is well, for the peace and
well-being of the party, to take food.

A smoke establishes you in the final and normal
attitude of good humor. Each man spreads his tarpaulin
where he has claimed his bed. Said claim is
indicated by his hat thrown down where he wishes