Shaw passed on to the camp, while I remained to call
upon Colonel Kearney. I found him still at table. There
sat our friend the Captain, in the same remarkable habili-
ments in which we saw him at Westport; the black pipe,
however, being for the present laid aside. He dangled
his little cap in his hand and talked of steeple-chases,
touching occasionally upon his anticipated exploits in
buffalo-hunting. There, too, was R-----, somewhat more
elegantly attired. For the last time we tasted the luxuries
of civilization, and drank adieus to it in wine good enough
to make us regret the leave-taking. Then, mounting, we
rode together to the camp, where everything was
in readiness for departure on the morrow.

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