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book, which I copied from the description of the cariboo 

 by the great American naturalist Audubon. They are 

 as follows : 



" ' Tips of hair light dun gray, whiter on neck than 

 elsewhere ; nose, ears, outer surface of legs and shoulders 

 brownish ; neck and throat dull white ; a faint whitish 

 patch on the side of shoulders ; belly and tail white ; a 

 band of white around all the legs adjoining the hoofs.' " 



" That account ain't true all round," observed Jake. 

 " I've often seed a buck, ay, an' throwed him too, wi' 

 his legs an' back as rich a reddish-brown as you'd wish 

 to see, I guess, an' with his rump, tail, an' mane as 

 white as a snow-bank. Them book-makers hain't lived 

 whur the game grows, I reckin, or they'd know more 

 about it." 



"You do Audubon injustice there, Jake," replied 

 Pierre, " for he lived the life of a backwoodsman for 

 years. The description I have read for you is merely a 

 general one, and as such you must allow it is singularly 

 correct." 



" Wai, I won't say agin it as far as it goes," answered 

 the old hunter ; " but the fellur orter say so, that's all." 



" Jake," said Gaultier, " you ought to write a book. 

 You would have plenty of material in your long life of 

 adventures among the Redskins and wild animals. I 

 am certain it would be a most amusing as well as a 

 most instructive work." 



" I wish I cud write," replied Jake, " but this coon's 

 edication wur neglected. When I wur a little chunk 



