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old or young they are, they approach cau- 

 tiously, if you do not terrify them by sudden 

 motions, and in twenty pretty ways try to 

 find out what you are. Like most wild ani- &**&*&* Gun 

 mals that have a keen sense of smell, and 

 especially like the bear and caribou, they 

 trust only their noses at first. When they 

 scent man for the first time they generally 

 run away, not because they know what it 

 means but for precisely the opposite reason, 

 namely, because there is in the air a strong 

 scent that they do not know, and that they 

 have not been taught by their mothers how 

 to meet. When in doubt run away that is 

 the rule of nose which seems to be impressed 

 by their mothers upon all timid wild things, 

 though they act in almost the opposite way 

 when sight or hearing is in question. 



All this is well known to hunters; but 

 now comes the curious exception. After I 

 had been watching the deer for some \veeks 

 at one of their playgrounds, a guide came 

 into camp with his wife and little child. 

 They were on their way in to their own 

 camp for the hunting season. To please 



