INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 



ing at something which he had passed; upon 

 going to the spot, he found the glasses. They 

 were not immediately in the line of the trail, 

 but had rolled down hill and were some dozen 

 feet away from it. I wonder if that dog had 

 overheard our previous conversation and 

 knew what we wanted ! 



Although for a couple of weeks the weather 

 had been cool and exhilarating, often freezing 

 at night, still we had as yet no snow. Snow 

 was wanted, because it makes the hunting 

 good, and when traveling the impress of the 

 foot is practically noiseless, and does not 

 alarm the game. Moreover, when the snow 

 accumulates in deep drifts it drives the elk 

 and deer out of the higher elevations down 

 into the lower country, where they collect in 

 large numbers and become less shy. 



One evening on the way back to camp the 



guide was explaining to me why he thought 



that we would be apt to find bull elk with the 



best heads separated from the bunch of cow 



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