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years, died of some throat disease. He liad seen heads of caribou at 

 Mr. Allan Gilniour's with the horns coming down not only so as to 

 hide the eyes but even to make furrows in the cheeks. Referring to 

 the spike-horn deer, he alluded to the similarly antlered oryx of Africa 

 as the only deer that attempted to resist the onslaught of the lion. 



Prof. Macoun said that moose were very plentiful on the Peace 

 River in 1875, and that 8 lbs. of venison per man per diem was the 

 ordinary allowance there. He described some experiences at Ste. Anne 

 des Monts, when he had watched caribou, himself unobserved, and 

 testified to their intelligence, their dainty habits and the affection shown 

 between mother and offspring. He disputed Mr. Lett's distinction 

 between pot-hunting and legitimate sport as illogical, and condemned 

 both alike as appertaining to man's lower nature. He had seen shed 

 horns of deer marked with the teeth of rodents. 



Dr. Wicksteed enquired how the caribou was able to run on ice 

 if its hoof was so spread as to enable it to run on light crust, as- that 

 spreading which was an advantage in the one case would appear to be a 

 hindrance in the other. 



Mr. Lett explained that the rim of the hoof was sharp and 

 pointed and cut well into the ice, the hoof being pi'obably gathered 

 together. 



