138 MOOSE-HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



Calgary drew many inquisitive eyes upon me, 

 as well as ejaculations at the attractive 

 appearance of the waggon. 



When reading these stories, some may be 

 inclined to think them exaggerated. Yet 

 they are not. Shooting or fishing ten, fifteen, 

 or twenty years ago was very different from 

 that of 1902. Then there was scarcely a 

 sportsman, where now they are met by the 

 score. Then, where pools were full of trout 

 and salmon, and lakes the feeding-ground of 

 tens of thousands of ducks and geese, now 

 the fish are caught as soon as spawned, if any 

 are left to spawn, while the birds are shot, in 

 many places, as soon as they attempt to fly. 

 So that there are many localities now, where 

 game used to be abundant and hunting a 

 pleasure, in which it has become laborious, 

 and the fun has gone out of it. While 

 finishing the shooting-cruise, with its wonder- 

 ful success, it may be gratifying to my readers 

 to tell them that, the year after the scene 

 described here took place, a party of English 

 sportsmen in Western Assiniboin, goose- 

 hunting, secured over seven hundred. What 

 do you think of that ? 



