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hindquarters, we returned to camp, reaching it 

 just after sundown. Elk, antelope and white-tail 

 deer were exceedingly abundant. Talking over the 

 subject of bears with Gottschalk, he expressed the 

 opinion that they had not yet left their winter 

 quarters, and as he was a good hunter, that opinion 

 should be worth something. 



We remained here for some days longer, and 

 Gottschalk went home May 5. I killed what 

 game was needed for food, making some interest- 

 ing experiments as to the efficiency of the hollow 

 ball. On one occasion when looking for elk, we 

 got to a point from which we should have seen 

 them, and found that they had mysteriously dis- 

 appeared. Just then two white-tail deer came 

 toward us along a trail, and approached us very 

 closely. We could not do anything for fear of 

 alarming the elk, knowing that if the deer ran off 

 the elk would see them and start too. The leading 

 deer, a doe, came up within twenty yards of us 

 and could not make us out until she had got around 

 to windward, when she raised her tail and ran 

 swiftly back. This soon showed us where the elk 

 were in a coulee very near us, for they started off. 

 We ran rapidly up the ridge to meet them at the 

 point where we supposed they would cross, but they 

 were too smart for us. and went off in an opposite 



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