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ing a dry limb in the dense wood or thicket of small 

 pines which bordered the roadway on either side, but 

 could not get a sight of him. Here the guide said we 

 had better turn back, as we were going in the wrong 

 direction ; but I proposed walking, at any rate half a 

 mile further, and probably we might find something 

 worth shooting at. We made one turn in the road 

 when we heard a branch break in front of us. We 

 stopped to listen, and soon a calf caribou came out 

 from the right hand side. 



It looked up and down, saw us, then moved into 

 the forest which was here open and filled with stunted 

 spruce trees, growing in a thick bed of moss. The 

 calf was followed a minute later by a cow. The 

 guide whispered, " Now look out for horns ! " Then 

 another cow came out and crossed the road followed 

 by a sight I shall never forget. A pair of monster 

 antlers pushed slowly out into the road, and then 

 came the head and neck of a caribou bull. A second 

 later and the animal came into full view, as grand a 

 specimen of his tribe as the sun ever shone upon. 



The guide whispered, " Hit him in the shoulder ; be 

 steady and sure." And I was sure, for when I fired 

 my 45-90 rifle, the caribou dropped in his tracks al- 

 most at the same instant. He hadn't moved an inch 

 after being hit. The ball had passed through his left 

 shoulder and out at the neck. We soon covered the 

 hundred yards or more of distance which separated us 



