In the center of this superb basin the camps were pitched, and the roping and branding went on like the action of a prodigious drama.

The sun, setting in orange-colored clouds, brought out the velvet green of the sward with marvelous radiance.

The tents gleamed in the midst of the valley like flakes of pearl.
The heart of the wanderer warmed within him, and with a feeling that he was almost home he called to his pack horse "Hy-ak-boy!" and started down the hill.

As he drew near the herd he noted the great changes which had come over the cattle.

They were now nearly all grades of Hereford or Holstein.