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up to within seventy yards and had a good 

 look at him. I was very nearly shooting him, 

 but after studying his head for some time I 

 decided it was not worth having, as the tops of 

 his antlers seemed very poor, so I stood up 

 and let him see me, when he presently ran 

 off. 



On getting back to camp I found that two 

 acquaintances of my guide had come up from 

 Alexander Bay to try and get some meat for 

 the winter. One of them was armed with a 

 sealing gun loaded -with slugs, and the other 

 carried a good rifle. The latter, an elderly 

 man named Saunders, had kiUed during the 

 day a very fine caribou stag with a head of 

 forty-one points, not far from camp, just as it 

 was crossing the railway. The horns of this 

 stag, though not very long, were wonderfully 

 palmated and very symmetrical. I took a 

 photograph of them, and they were subse- 

 quently bought by one of the occupants of 

 the next camp along the line for fifteen 

 dollars. 



On the following day I again tramped the 



