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CHAPTER IV. 



A moose-hunt. Description of my tent. A-ta-ka-koup in camp. Hunting 

 moose on snow-shoes. Deaths of a bull and a cow. Lynx-hunting. 



Tom Boot a nuisance. F 'a history. Ilia miserable condition. 



I take him with me. Beautifying the hut. F and I visit uiy late 



companions. Our journey. The wolverine. Getting F home. 



Badger neglects the traps. Narrow escape of being murdered. My 

 precautions for the future. An invitation to a stealing-party. 



A-TA-KA-KOUP having found some moose sign not far from the 

 hut, we arranged to have a hunt together, remaining out several 

 nights, and Badger was to look after my traps in the mean- 

 while ; and a few days later we started, taking two of my dogs, 

 and a light sleigh, so as to camp comfortably. 



"\Vc did not attempt to hunt till we were ten or twelve miles 

 from the cabin, and then we put up a comfortable camp, in a 

 hollow surrounded by bushes. This particular kind of camp 

 was an idea of my own, so I will describe it. 



I got a squaw to make me an A-tent, closed at both ends, 

 and used this on the dog-sleigh instead of the usual big sheet ; 

 when going on such a hunt as this, and when we had chosen a 

 spot and shovelled away the snow, after laying down a foot of 

 either willows or small fir branches, we put up my tent on its 



