hundreds of the splendid animals scattered 

 over the country below in every direction. 



And hunting them so, with the object of 



finding out the secrets of their curious lives, "foiffioufa Gun 



why, for instance, each herd often chooses 

 its own burying-ground, or why a bull caribou 

 loves to pound a hollow stump for hours at a 

 time, this is, to my mind, infinitely better 

 sport than the hunt for a head where one 

 waylays them on their paths of migration, 

 the paths that have been sacred for untold 

 generations, and shoots them down as they 

 pass like tame cattle. 



To the hunter without a gun there is no 

 close season on any game, and a doe and her 

 fawns are better hunting than a ten-point 

 buck. By land or water he is always ready ; 

 there are no labors for effects, except what 

 he chooses to impose upon himself; no dis- 

 appointments are possible, for whether his 

 game be still or on the jump, shy as a wilder- 

 ness raven or full of curiosity as a blue jay, he 

 always finds something to stow away in his 

 heart in the place where he keeps things 

 that he loves to remember. All is fish that 



