CHAPTER XIII.

The Return to the Village--Two New Guides Employed--Off for the Mountains Once More--The Tramp up Ski-ik-kul Creek Through Jungles, Gulches, and Canyons--And Still it Rains--Ravages of Forest Fires--A Bed of Mountain Feathers--Description of a Sleeping Bag; an Indispensable Luxury in Camp Life; an Indian Opinion of It