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gave ample opportunity to examine the stag's antlers 

 with the glass, and the same time to arrive at the con- 

 clusion that he was not wanted. As he approached 

 still nearer, and when within about fifty yards of the 

 blind, it was noticed that he took the trail which 

 passed within twenty feet of it. The temptation 

 was too great, and he lost his life by exciting a 

 desire in the heart of the hunter to kill a wild cari- 

 bou at twenty feet, and find out whether at such 

 short range the ball would pass through the animal. 

 When directly opposite the blind the trigger was 

 pressed. The ball, 40-65 Winchester, passed in be- 

 tween two ribs just back of the point of the fore- 

 shoulder on the left side, passing through and striking 

 the centre of the rib on the opposite side, which 

 it failed to break. See Illustration, Fig. 3. Fig. 



