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They measured fifty-one inches from the burr 

 to the top of the main beam, and were very 

 thick and heavy, but with very httle pahnation 

 anywhere. At this carcase Mr. Rungius had 

 again had the good fortune to find and kill a 

 wolverine with a long shot. The day before 

 we reached the cabin Mr. Osgood had shot a 

 young bull moose close to the bank of the 

 river. Its horns had a spread of forty-eight 

 inches. 



It was near this camp that Mr. Rungius had 

 cal ed up the two moose bulls one evening, of 

 which I have alread}^ spoken. As Mr. Sheldon 

 and I wished to have another try for caribou, we 

 decided to " pack " up to the edge of the timber 

 line on Plateau Mountain, and see if we could 

 come across any of these animals on its flat 

 grassy summit, our friends agreeing to wait for 

 us further down the river. 



On September 28th it rained so hard that we 

 could do nothing, so we all took a day's rest in 

 the shelter of the cabin. The following morning, 

 too, broke in rain and mist, but as it looked a 

 little better after breakfast, 'Mi. Sheldon and I, 



