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THE SPORTS.SfAS'S PAftAP/SF 



ccivc by wlut lus already been said tliat i))c deer docs not 

 aluk-ays come to the exact spot at which the s|K3rtsman is 

 statiorRtl. or even to the lake at which he is wantcil. 



Few doj;» |x>**cs» sufficient sagacity to return on 

 their own trail and thus reach their master. I have seen 

 only a single animal that would uniformly follow out this 

 course. Tliat dog. an animal called "Fan." uas the prog- 

 eny of Dr. Pokomey, and lias already been described io 

 this book. 



When tlie captain reached us. he soon learned that 

 his brother had gone to liis house in the village of Maga- 

 nrtawan. and he promptly started to fmd him. in order that 

 WcUinj^'ion might accom|uny us in his (tlie captain's) 

 place. This arrangement may last only a few days, or it 

 may be a week before the capuin's search will be rewarded 

 by finding his lost pets. \Vc left Maganeuwan about 

 ele\'en o'clock in the morning, and reached Uurk's Falls 

 before four o'clock p.m. 



'Hie scenery along this ri%'er is certainly very* pictur- 

 es<|ue. The banks arc covered with heavy forest-trees, 

 and there are aquatic plants and ^ growing in the 



shallow water along the shore. I r.r- .intmint of clearing 

 along the Ijanks of this river, seen from the decks of our 

 liti!' st- i.iv r was VfTV lirnii* d in the autumn of 1884. 



the NfaganetatA-an in com- 

 pany with the author, in iS8<x (lointcd out to us tlie ver>' 

 spot where several years ago he saw his first moose. He 

 Irar description of the animal, and did not seem 

 well pleased with himself because he had failed to kill the 

 monster with ' .e of buckshot, which he gave 



