A CARIBOU STAG. 149 



after starting, too, we found a fine pair of shed 

 caribou horns, and further on two skulls with 

 horns attached — the remains of animals that 

 must have been killed by wolves or human 

 beings. 



A little later I spied a young caribou stag. 

 He looked very dark in colour all over, and 

 showed no trace of white on the neck. I went 

 near enough to him to make sure that his horns 

 were not worth having, and then passed him to 

 look for something better. 



After having climbed to the summit of a high 

 and very rocky peak where I was surprised to 

 find quite recent caribou tracks, as I had no 

 idea that these animals ever frequented such 

 rough and broken ground, we descended to the 

 head of a valley in which a small stream took 

 its rise. This eventually proved to be the head 

 waters of the creek at the mouth of which our 

 camp was situated just at its junction with 

 "Rock Creek." 



We had just reached a spot where there was 

 a small growth of very stunted willow scrub, 

 when a caribou stag jumped up in front of us, 



