"Bon!" ejaculated Henri, but whether the remark

had reference to the grasshopper soup or the sentiment

we cannot tell.

"Well," continued Joe, commencing to devour a large

buffalo steak with a hunter's appetite, "ye'll please yourselves,

lads, as to that; but as I wos sayin', we've got a

powerful lot o' furs, an' a big pack o' odds and ends for

the Injuns we chance to meet with by the way, an'

powder and lead to last us a twelvemonth, besides five

good horses to carry us an' our packs over the plains;