176 Hunting Big Game 



" Look! " and two pine-partridges flew up to 

 a tree. 



The nimrod immediately had his rifle to 

 his shoulder, and bang! one partridge fell, 

 shot through the neck; the other flew a few 

 yards to another tree, where another bang and 

 he fell dead also. 



We had several portages before we reached 

 trap No. 4. Tenderfoot here wanted to know 

 whether if a moose saw the flsh and went to 

 eat them, he might n't get into the trap in- 

 stead of a bear. One of the Indians made the 

 weighty rejoinder, " Moose very hungry when 

 he eat fish." The fifth trap completed our 

 round after bear; and we afterwards returned 

 homeward to Kippewa for the night. 



We were up early the next morning, getting 

 ready to start for the regular part of the hunt. 

 Mr. O. Latour of Kippewa rented us a com- 

 plete camping outfit, consisting of tents, 

 blankets, cooking utensils, etc., and also a 

 birch-bark canoe, charging us for everything 

 the modest price of $1 per day. Mr. Latour 

 also keeps a store and packed our provisions, 

 etc., which we purchased from him. 



