CONTENTS. ix 



CHAPTER XIII. 



PAGE 



A Peculiar Danger Four Goats in Four Shots A Rapidly 

 Disappearing Tribe Description and Habits A Per- 

 sistent Hunter, 190 



CHAPTER XIV. 



On Kettle River Two Model Camp Companions A Royal 

 Deer Eating Beaver Tails A Tramp over the Moun- 

 tains Wolves about the Cabin Varieties of Deer, . 204 



CHAPTER XV. 



At the Lake of the Woods After Moose A Plague of Mos- 

 quitoes Dark Swamps and Deep Rivers Compensa- 

 tions, 224 



CHAPTER XVI. 



In the Swamps Habits of the Moose The Moose-Call On 

 the River Good Shooting Secures a Group The King 

 of Game Animals The Naturalist nearly Killed, . 236 



CHAPTER XVII. 



With the Indians How Indians Hunt Big Game The 

 Parallel Trails Indian Superstitions A Potent Bev- 

 erage Moose all "Nickoshin" Return to Civilisa- 

 tion, . 257 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



In Colorado On the Trail of Elk A Night in the Snow- 

 Deer, but no Elk Another Wild-Goose Chase The 

 World's Fair King The Last Hunt, . .276 



CHAPTER XIX. 

 Results of the Camp -Fires The Specimens Obtained, . 300 



