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So abundant is the game that one can take his own time in 

 selecting his heads, and only requires to be on his guard lest he may 

 be tempted to take a life which he might afterwards regret. For 

 it may be very galling when one has shot the full complement 

 which the lawallows to be obliged to hold one's hand when a monarch 



DEVIL'S DANCING POINT EN ROUTE TO GRAND LAKE. 



of the plains afterwards comes into view bearing a record set of 

 antlers perhaps to be for ever after remembered with regret. 



On the Newfoundland plains, stags are constantly encountered 

 carrying grand and stately antlers so magnificent in size and 

 symmetry that they cannot be equalled elsewhere in the wide 

 world. 



The fine development of the Newfoundland caribou may be 

 attributed to the abundance of food easily within reach, especially 

 the luxuriant growth of caribou lichen with which whole plains 

 are frequently carpeted ankle deep. Something is also due to the 

 fine shelter afforded during the winter months by the southern 

 portions of the island of which the herds habitually avail themselves, 

 observing semi-annual migrations as regular as those of the wild 

 fowl on the coasts. 



The sportsman desirous of good heads should arrive on the 

 island before the middle of September. A close season stops 

 hunting from October i until October 20. After that date, 



