"I reckon that's enough, commander," said the ranchman at last, "and, besides, supper is ready or will be when the coffee is poured.

The pearl expert nodded to the young ranchman with so much evident satisfaction that Arthur could not resist engaging him in conversation.

" "Up in Oregon," said Mr. Merrick, "I've known of some very successful and prosperous ranchmen among the remittance men.

The spot selected by the ranchman for their night's bivouac was about a quarter of a mile away and in the opposite direction from the cliffs.

As recently as August, 1900, Mr. S.C. Leady, a ranchman in this region, advised me that he counted in one bunch, coming to water, forty-nine sheep.

We were struck by the fact that the native hunters and ranchmen on such days continually lost themselves and, if permitted, travelled for miles through the forest either in circles or in exactly the wrong direction.