INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 



which the guide was mainly responsible 

 before I finally secured my trophies. Any 

 number of bulls presented themselves, some 

 of them quite easy marks, only to be snubbed 

 and turned down. Paris, in passing judg- 

 ment upon the goddesses to determine which 

 was the most beautiful, could not have been 

 more critical or discriminating than the guide. 

 I doubt if the unsuccessful rivals of the bulls 

 I finally chose as worthy specimens were 

 seriously disappointed. 



To illustrate the ease with which I could 

 have secured my legal allowance of two bulls, 

 to say nothing of cows, I will cite a few in- 

 stances of the opportunities I had. On one 

 occasion I was going through the timber 

 where I heard a number of elk. The guide 

 called my attention to a bull lying on the 

 ground not sixty yards away, partly con- 

 cealed by the spruce brush. He was facing 

 directly toward us, his front feet folded 

 under his body and his nose close to the 

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