\,,rti,-\\'.t < 



just i-.. in.- across a pair of l-ar culs while paxsin^ through 



I. r Muff. In- pointed t< tin- plae.- t\\.. mil.-s north -.1 I 

 hum aii-l 1 iiit'onin-il him that I \\a- in that \\<\ y.-st-i 

 it was a \vmnl.-r 1 exrajM-d meeting the nioth.-r U-ar. 



ntly ill-- train was seen approaching in id-- distance, 

 u minutes 1 us seated in tin- train an. I on the 



_' It was a i.'li. I to reach civili/ation. | 

 hn\ uifh it in tin- \vill \vist. On mu'hinj; Winm; 



I nii'l- m\ nor lions.- \\li.-r.- I foiinl a 



oflii-.- ,ir.|. -r waiting nn- ami a> my niom-y hal all pun*, it was 

 il-lf. I got tin- ca>h anil tln-n \v-nt mul iHiu^ht a 

 dinner of lin-n. ami n-tnrnin^ to tin- hot-l I ha.l a Lath. .. 

 which I sat lo\vn to a good dinn-r. tin- first .!.-<. -nt m.-al I ha-l 

 pai tak.-n of lor four. lays. Th- pi- ! .\cit-ni'-nt of egg- 



hunting is \.-ry rnjoyahl.- an<l inU-ivstin^. hut th.-n- is n.> fun 

 in having to <io it on an . inj>ty st.,macli, for the J>angH of hun- 

 ;_'h to knoc-k th.- -n.-r^y out of th.- most .-uthusias- 



,],,^ixt 



Al't.-r linnrr I rallr.l u)on my frii-ml tin- taxilcriui- 

 foiiinl that hi- ha<l pivparnl nmst of tin- hir-ls I hail si-nt him 

 i>t a f.-\v I s.-nt from Hush L-iki-, ami th.-s.-. on thi-ir arrival 

 in WinnijM-ir. \\. r- too far gone to preser\ 



I I'-" pr-\ioiisly that all tin- hints I >hot \\ . r. 



ailing th.- line .-ast to Winiiip.-^ to U- skinrn--!. as it t-n.k 

 all my spar.- tiim- to Mow ami prepare ilaUis for th. .-^^s nl- 

 uml In- haul coll.rt.--l for im- s,-\,-ral s,-ts of chest- 

 nut-c-'llar.-.l lon^spur. Wilson^ ]halarope, and other eggs 

 the plains m>rth-west of Winnipeg. I sp,-nt th. .\.-nim: with 

 man friend who shnwe.l me around tin- city 



