After Caribou 



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call of the inner man and quarters for the 

 night. The following morning at dawn the 

 nimrod and his guide sallied forth in the crisp 

 air, laden with the perfume of the sweet- 

 scented forest, in search of the noble game. 

 Our camp was pitched some three miles from 

 Stillwater, in order that the game should not be 

 disturbed in their haunts by the noise and 

 smoke of camp; for the least whiff of man or 

 civilization conveys to the quarry a feeling of 

 dread and a desire to lend distance to the loca- 

 tion. Approaching the stream carefully, and 

 while picking our waj^ through the underbrush 

 which lines the margin of the water-bed, we 

 heard the " splash-splash " of water, conveying 

 the information of moose feeding on the lily- 

 pads. Very cautiously we crept through the 

 alder, making as little stir as possible. Pres- 

 ently we could quite plainly hear the splashing 

 in the water below us around a slight bend, 

 where the bushes, projecting into the water, 

 cut off our view. Advancing stealthily we 

 came in full view of a large cow moose and her 

 calf. The sun being directly in the mouth of 

 the kodak, a picture was out of the question. 



