270 RECENT HUNTING TRIPS. 



About midday we came on a stag with five 

 doeSjbut it did not seem to be a very large animal, 

 and its horns were small and light. We passed 

 these caribou below the wind so as not to disturb 

 them, and about an hour later sighted another 

 herd, several of which were lying down just on 

 the edge of a patch of forest. Getting a little 

 nearer I soon saw there was a stag with them, 

 which I hoped might be the possessor of a fine 

 head. These caribou were in an excellent 

 position for a stalk, as the wind was blowing 

 across the open marsh into the piece of forest 

 on the edge of which they were. 



Under the shelter of the trees and taking care 

 not to make the slightest noise, I approached 

 to within fifty yards of the stag, and studied 

 his head closely. But though he was a fine 

 large animal, and his brow and bez tines were 

 fairly well developed, the tops of his horns 

 were very poor, which is a common fault in 

 the heads of caribou stags in Newfoundland. 

 I held his life in my hand and the bad 

 development of the tops of his horns was the 

 only thing that saved it. As it was I crept 



