106 fioneeb life; ok. 



We accordingly took him with us the next day, but 

 when we returned to our camp at night, he was 

 nearly exhausted, having waded through deep snow 

 ail day, and the following day was quite willing to 

 remain in the camp. At a moment when Avery 

 was out for wood, Campbell and I packed provisions 

 sufficient for three days, and when we left the camp, 

 he supposed we would return at night. For two 

 days we hunted without finding a track that we con- 

 sidered best to follow, and on the morning of the 

 third started for the camp, but soon struck the track 

 of a large elk, which had just passed and was within 

 a short distance We let loose the dogs and gave 

 chase. The snow was two and a half feet deep, with 

 a stiff crnst, rendering it extremely difficult for the 

 elk to run, w T hile the dogs could skip along over the 

 crust, and worry him at every step. He ran toward 

 onr camp seven miles, when he turned and stood at 

 bay upon a large rock. We roped him without 

 much difficulty, and watched him that night. The 

 next morning we started for the camp, arriving there 

 about eleven o'clock, and found Avery with a sad 

 tale. He said that after our departure the wolves 

 kept howling around the camp, and as night began 

 to approach, an examination into the stores revealed 

 the cruel trick we had played upon him. When 

 the suspicion flashed upon his mind that he was 

 doomed to pass another night here, with no com- 

 pany, save that of the wolves and panthers, which 

 might possibly form a repast of him before morning, 

 he gave vent to his feelings in a flood of tears. The 



