Wapiti Sighted. 



particular ground, in common with the whole of wapiti country, 

 was hard to get over, being mostly vast forest and innumerable 

 dead trees, so that coming back at night was a trying matter. 



The next day I was off again by 3 o'clock in the morning, 

 and this time Numgoon saw a wapiti just going into the forest, 

 but I did not see it myself as I was above him at the time. None 



NUMGOON IMITATING THE CALL OF WAPITI WITH J HE llARREI. 01 .AlV OUN. 



of the stags were on the call, so it was hopeless trying to effect 

 anything. Unfortunately Numgoon was no hand at calling 

 wapiti, the expert being Nurah, and I was really at a great 

 disadvantage in this respect whilst the latter was away. 



That afternoon a storm of rain, followed later by snow, came 

 on, so that a trip into the Muntai Valley to the westward had 



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