RAMS AND CARIBOU 



to the lake in haste to congratulate his lucky 

 companion. William and Billy, who were hunt- 

 ing moose in that vicinity, attracted by the 

 shooting, came over and were delighted to note 

 the nice pair that Rogers drew. He and Shorty 

 remained with the animals, skinning them out 

 and packing up the meat, bones and hides, ar- 

 riving in camp at midnight. As this was the 

 first and only game killed by Al, he was warmly 

 congratulated by all of us over his splendid suc- 

 cess. The measurements of antlers on his big 

 bull were as follows: Length of beam, outside 

 curve, 52 in.; spread, 37 in.; points, left side, 

 14 in.; right, 15 in. 



This day one of the packers killed a cow moose 

 that in size and pelage made a good mate for my 

 bull. 



The following morning I left camp in company 

 with Bill Longley and Jimmie Brown for the 

 scene of our sheep killing of the day before. We 

 left camp at 8 o'clock and reached the game 

 (eleven miles away) at i. When we found the 

 rams, we saw, to our disgust, that the eagles had 

 scratched and torn much hair from the bodies 

 of three of them, leaving the other unharmed. 

 As I rounded a turn in the canon where my first 

 ram lay I saw a big golden eagle perched on the 

 carcass. I could easily have killed the bird if I 

 had taken my gun, but, having secured all the 

 sheep we desired, I walked down the 300 yards 

 to the ram unarmed. When I reached the sheep 



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