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next, we noticed a flock of about a dozen deer a short 

 distance off, coming directly towards us. Half of 

 them were stags, with good horns and beautiful white 

 necks. We lay down behind the dead fighter, and in 

 a few seconds the leader was within thirty feet of us ; 

 and as they paraded by I picked out the one with the 

 finest horns and let him down. The rest ran off a 

 short distance, circled around, and stopped within 

 easy gunshot. This last shot completed my eight 

 stags and three female caribou, allowed by law ; and 

 the only regret I had was that the Doctor and the Kid 

 were not with us. It was now 4 P. M. and we hur- 

 riedly disemboweled the deer and struck for camp, 

 anxious to cover as much of the distance as possible 

 before darkness covered that part of the earth's sur- 

 face. Unfortunately we had the worst part of the 

 trail to go over last, and night caught us too soon. 

 Several times we lost our course ; and as the trail was 

 over the marsh, which is very treacherous, we had a 

 sorry time of it. It was impossible to tell the differ- 

 ence between a puddle of water and a stone, but at 

 last we did reach camp, wet, hungry and foot-sore, 

 but not tired on ! no, not after such a day's sport 

 but in fine shape to get outside of a big supper which 

 Pap Goodyear had waiting for us. After supper we 

 recounted the incidents of the day. I wrote up my 



