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`` I do n't want to lift a house . I 've got all I can do to lift myself . '' Soon after , the party started on , to meet with a surprise ere they had gone far on their journey . The surprise did not come until just before night closed in , shortly after ten o'clock that night . A hard , grilling day had been spent on the trail , with little relief from their labors , which were divided between hauling the ponies up dangerous slopes , down almost sheer walls , across glacial streams cold as ice , and last but not least the fighting of giant mosquitoes and black gnats . `` There is only one thing lacking to make this country the limit , '' declared Stacy after they had made camp and settled down to warm themselves while the guide was getting supper . `` And what might that be ? ''