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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White: picket-animal where it will at once get good feed and
not tangle its rope in bushes, roots, or stumps; to
hobble the others; and to bell those inclined to
wander. After this is done, it is well, for the peace and
well-being of the party, to take food.
A smoke establishes you in the final and normal
attitude of good humor. Each man spreads his tarpaulin
where he has claimed his bed. Said claim is
indicated by his hat thrown down where he wishes
to sleep. It is a mark of pre-emption which every one
is bound to respect. Lay out your saddle-blankets,
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