Dick joined because it afforded him an opportunity of

seeing the wild, majestic scenery of the Rocky Mountains,

and shooting the big-horned sheep which abounded

there, and the grizzly "bars," as Joe named them, or

"Caleb," as they were more frequently styled by Henri

and the other men.

Henri joined because it was agreeable to the inclination

of his own rollicking, blundering, floundering, crashing

disposition, and because he would have joined anything

that had been joined by the other two.