MOOSE AND CARIBOU 



which we talked over our proposed sheep hunt of 

 the following day. He said that when he had se- 

 cured his rams a few days before there were others 

 left, and he further stated that he thought these 

 might yet be found in nearly the same place. 

 The question that now arose was this: Of the 

 two available hunting grounds that could be 

 covered from this camp — the Upper Kletsan 

 and Figgins Mountain — which should we at- 

 tempt? Harry had asked me to accompany 

 him and his guide, Jimmie Brown, to the Upper 

 Kletsan, and I had concluded to go with him 

 (allowing the other members to hunt for moose) 

 when Cap suggested that we were foolish to at- 

 tempt that trip when we had such good hunting 

 as Figgins Mountain afforded. This started a 

 discussion which ended in Harry suggesting that 

 we split — he and Jimmy to go to one place and 

 Cap and I to the other. This seemed agreeable 

 — the idea being to siwash it the first night and 

 thereby be able to hunt two days. Now the 

 question that remained to be settled was — who 

 should go to Figgins Mountain and who to the 

 other point? I gladly offered to give Harry his 

 choice, which he reluctantly accepted in favor of 

 the Upper Kletsan. When I say ''reluctantly" 

 in this connection I say so advisedly, for Harry 

 is slower in accepting favors than in extending 

 them. Big-hearted and jolly, it was but natural 

 that on this trip he should prove himself the 

 gentleman-sportsman which in our home city I 

 had always found him to be. 



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