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made in order that the sport should appeal to those who care 

 for a trophy chiefly in proportion to the hardships endured 

 and skill demanded in earning it. No one cares to catch 

 fish when they rise so freely to the fly that no knowledge ot 

 fishing is necessary. The fijn is found in having to outwit 

 the object of the chase, whether it be fish, flesh, or fowl, 

 and the usual method of hunting Caribou is lacking in most 

 of the essential elements of real sport. Still, as it may appeal 

 to those who for some reason or other are unable to do 

 much hard walking, or whose time is so limited that they are 

 forced to the easiest and quickest method, I shall endeavour 

 to describe it. 



The average guide is, of course, only too anxious that 

 his " sport " shall have good luck and get heads with the 

 greatest ease, so that his reputation shall grow. He therefore 

 advises the migration as the best season for the shoot. In 

 giving this advice he means well, because his experience has 

 shown him that most of the people whom he has guided are 

 not over-anxious for hard work, and if they can get their 

 allowance of heads without having to walk a mile, they will 

 be highly pleased. Then there are a few guides who are 

 inclined to be lazy, and who for their own sakes give the 

 same advice, as it saves the work of "packing in" the 

 necessary outfit, and so they camp on a lake or river and 

 select a lead within easy distance of the tent, staying there 

 in hopes that the deer will come to them. Such men, I 

 am glad to say, are not common in Newfoundland, as the 

 guides are usually a good lot and full of energy, never saving 

 themselves in their efforts to give satisfaction to their 

 employer. It is also a great matter of pride among them 

 that their party shall bring back good trophies — in fact, I 

 often think that they are even more interested than the 

 sportsmen in the results of the trip. 



