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dently saw a number of deer. He had crawled 

 forward, then back-tracked and turned to the 

 right, then made round to the left. The snow 

 was somewhat packed and his big feet held him 

 on the surface. The deer broke through. 



The lion climbed upon a fallen tree and crept 

 forward. He was screened by its large up- 

 turned root. At last he rushed out and seized 

 a near-by deer and killed it, evidently after a 

 short struggle. He had then pursued and killed 

 a young deer that had fled off to the left where 

 it was struggling in the heavy snows. Without 

 returning to the first kill the lion fed off the 

 second and returned to the den. 



I followed the other deer. In a swamp they 

 had fed for a time on the tops of tall weeds 

 among the snow and willows. I came close to 

 them in a thick growth of spruce. Here the 

 snow was less deep. A goodly portion of the 

 snow still clung to the trees. 



These deer circled out of the spruce swamp 

 and came into their trail made in entering it. 

 Back along this trail they followed to where the 

 lion had made the first kill. Leaping over this 

 dead deer they climbed up on the rocky ridge off 

 which so much snow had blown that they could 

 travel speedily most of the time over the rocks 

 with only now and then a stretch of deep snow. 



Often during my winter trips I came upon 



