CHAPTER XXII. 



DEER-SICKNESS. 



The Indian term "deer-sickness" is in reality 

 a misnomer, as it is not the deer that is sick but 

 the party following its tracks. The idea of 

 writing this article came to me by reading 

 "Scent Glands of the Deer," which appeared in 

 Forest and Stream of May 13, and I remem- 

 bered how I had the deer-sickness thirty-eight 

 years ago. 



There are many surprises for a tenderfoot or 

 greenhorn in the wild, but the name given to 

 one of these very-uiuch-to-be-pitied parties in 

 the bush country from the Labrador to Lake Su- 

 perior is mangers du lard. This is the universal 

 cognomen by which a stranger in the north 

 country is known. I found by tracing back that 

 this soubriquet was first given by the French 

 courriers du bois to a new hand entering the 

 back country for the first time. 



It is said that in those early days the French 

 youths, from which new hands were recruited, 

 lived at home on very scanty food, and when 

 they got away working for the fur company, 



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