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the whole family of mules and their offspring, now, hence-
forth and forever.

The mules and carriage, unimpaired, were soon brought
back, however, by an intrepid horseman who had stopped
them in their mad career; and the last I saw of our out-
fit, it was going at double-quick toward the stable, the
head of the driver surging above and below the top of the
carriage, as he administered to the refractory mules such
merited punishment as his remaining strength enabled
him to do.

Thus ended our trip to Berthoud Pass, and the Snowy
Range of the Rocky Mountains.