MOOSE AND CARIBOU 



northward through an ideal moose country, pass- 

 ing half a dozen lakes and covering about twelve 

 miles, but without seeing anything larger than 

 a bird. Cap arrived at camp a little after 

 me, reporting that he had seen a bear that 

 walked as if crippled. He saw the brute at 

 a distance of seven hundred yards, but seeing 

 no way of getting closer, made no attempt 

 to stalk it. 



Harry and Wooden went up the river for 

 moose today, to a country visited yesterday by 

 William and Wooden. Many fresh tracks were 

 seen, but no game. William and Jimmie went 

 down the river, and while they saw some caribou 

 on the bar, they were at too great a distance and 

 surrounded by such unfavorable conditions for 

 stalking that it was useless to attempt to get 

 up to them. 



On September 5th (the next morning) Harry, 

 William, Billy and Jimmy went down the river 

 for caribou. They succeeded in bringing down 

 three — all in the velvet — a cow, a 3-year-old and 

 a yearling. Jimmy crippled the cow first by 

 breaking her leg, after which Harry finished her. 

 William made a beautiful shot on the 3-year-old 

 bull, bringing him to earth at five hundred yards 

 while the animal was on the full run. Those 

 who saw the shot said that it was not only a 

 very creditable one for William, but a most 

 spectacular sight as well. William also killed 

 the yearhng. 



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