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CHAPTER II 



Newfoundland continued 



To sport Hosannah ! 

 Hunt, fish, shoot, 

 Would a man fulfil life's duty ! 

 Not to the bodily frame alone 

 Does sport give strength and beauty, 

 But character gains. 



gods are sometimes kind to the 

 unfortunate, and they favoured me 

 as I went back to camp that late 

 afternoon. Within two miles of home I my- 

 self spotted a beast in the distance, which, 

 for a wonder, Johnny had not seen. I fancy he 

 was so disgusted with his former experience of 

 me that he had relaxed his vigilance. Anyhow, 

 I saw the caribou first, and was hugely elated 

 in consequence. 



I had but the two cartridges, one in the 

 chamber, the other in the magazine, and Johnny's 

 eyes began to sparkle again with excitement as 

 he held the rifle and set about crawling towards 

 a hillock which would put us within eighty yards 

 of our game. The excitement was intense ! I 

 wriggled my way in imitation of the Indian's 

 undulating passage over the mossy ground, and 



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