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forefeet, and as lie did not want to shoot her, 

 he walked ronnd her until she got his wind. 



The scent of a human being seemed to be 

 more disconcerting to her than the sight of 

 one, for she then bristled up all the long hair 

 ■on her neck and shoulders, sniffed suspiciously 

 at the new and disagreeable odour now for 

 the first time presented to her delicate olfactory- 

 nerves, and presently turned round and trotted 

 back into the shelter of the forest, closely 

 followed by her astonished calf. 



One evening Mr. Sheldon saw two bull 

 moose. He was then, however, high up in the 

 mountains, and they were a long way off in 

 willow swamps so far below him that it was 

 useless trying to get to them as it would have 

 been dark long before he could have reached 

 them. 



On September 17th the weather was still 

 stormy, with showers of snow and sleet 

 occasionally falling. I had been wandering over 

 some open snow-covered mountain shoulders 

 looking for the small herd of caribou whose 

 tracks I had seen on the previous day as 



