The Wapiti and his Antlers. 



very isolated Upper Kootenay country and the borders of Idaho 

 and Wyoming was, in 1887, very much more roundabout and 

 slower than it is to-day, hence some sharp work in camp moving 

 was necessary. Count Hoyos had been out West before in earlier 

 years, when, notwithstanding that game was far more plentiful 



MR. ERNEST FARQUHAR'S i4-poixr WAPITI HEAD. 



than in 1887, the expedition was as unsuccessful as the later one 

 was the contrary. A systematically worked out itinerary, arranged 

 by one knowing the country to be traversed, makes, in such a case, 

 all the difference. 



Sportsmen nowadays express doubt concerning the possibility 



