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no wolf, coyote, or fox would go near 

 that human taint on the vest, and 

 my handkerchief tied on the highest 

 horn tip would serve to scare away 

 the latter. Even the fearless Whiska 

 Jan would hesitate to approach any- 

 thing so peculiar. 



Thus in the dark we left what an 

 hour before had been one of the 

 most superb animals of the woods, 

 enjoying his birthright of life and 

 power and beauty, and now a mag- 

 nificent set of antlers, the finest that 

 had been taken out, of that region 

 in years, no longer his, but mine 

 and a thousand pounds of carrion 

 meat, a too royal banquet for the 

 wolves. Perhaps the scales balanced : 

 each must judge for himself. 



I deferred a verdict as we felt 

 our course along the black and silent 

 waterways to camp. 



Bobbie's exultation was unalloyed 

 and infectious. His guest had up- 

 held the honour of the camp we 

 had come there for moose; there- 

 fore moose we must get and had 

 provided the fitting climax to the 

 trip. ' 



Next morning when Bert saw the 



