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miles lit n\- tli>- nrtli south iiinl West 



with railways radiating in ,-\TY din-el i- -n. FPUU li'-r-- tin- 

 Wai people ..|' the \\est ,,[-,. supplied, all'l this \ 



coin.- tic- products of their ti.-LU. while from ti 



lit furs in ^ivjit variety ami iiiniil>i-r. 

 \Vinnip-. Mtre for a sportsman t<> 



from, for l.y driving out a f,-w miles on tin- prairie al>n- 

 l.anks of tli,- Hed Uiver any <iuant:ty !' prairi. chicken ami 

 .,- ami "lucks may 1- had. K\ t-ry hot-l in \VinnipegpO68eS8- 

 66 a few tini- lii-ails of luitt'alo. musk o.\, HUM)--- Qf caril.o(., ami 

 otlii-r -li-.-r. In no otln-r city ha\- I 61 -uc-h a li 



tin- ht-a-ls ami antli-rs of th.^- noMr animala A few mil<-> ,,ut 

 v\'innipc^ is a h.-nl of l.ntf'alo in a park, halt' loin, 



art- tht- only om-s known to I,.- alivr in the \orth-\\ 

 llnl upon the well-known Taxiilenni-t of Winnipeg, ani 

 fouml him l>usy preparing a lot of hamlsom,- heads of ! - i 

 m, .,-.- bear ami ImH'alo. II,' tak , shipim-nt BV6iy fall 



to London, Hn^lanl. wh.-n h- n-ali/.i-s as much as tV.o ,-ach for 

 heails of moos,-, musk o\ an-1 Uiti'alo. H,- has tin- tim-st col- 

 lection , .f hi -ails ami antl--rs I ,-\,-r -aw. I have a large < 

 of owls he shot in tin- m-i^hU>rhood of Winnipeg, comprising 

 th- great grey owl, snowy ami hawk owK; th.-s,- sp. 

 nt at all rare in tin- district, ami h>- knows of several in- 

 stances , ,f thes,- l.ii-.ls Kree.lin^ a few miles north of Winni- 

 peg, towards the mouth of the K.-d Hi 



He wanted me to ^o down the Winnipeg ri\,-r with him to 

 try and shin.i a pair of hald and golden eagles. He had found 

 their eyriee a month pr>-\ iously. As I knew it would be too late 

 . if^'s and it would take four days to complete this expedi- 

 tion down the Winnrp'-^ river, and as I was anxious to ivach the 

 rn prairies I had to decline his otter to take me to the 

 nests of thes,- l.inls. He found the eyries of the Laid and 

 s .-arly in May. while on a shootin^trip : they 



Iniilt on the fiu f a clitt'on a ledge, and tl, -uld 



be easily s,-,-n from his canoe, on account of the px-ks I 



wh:' d l-y tlie droj.p e l-:rds 1,,-low th 



The m-stv \\,-]-,. ;il M >ut a mil nd Ixith in similar situa 



