THE LAURENTIDES PARK 



I am tempted at this point to give two 

 narratives from eye-witnesses which 

 exhibit in how different a spirit men 

 may go into the woods after game. The 

 hero of the first episode on sighting a 

 band of six caribou bade his man sit 

 down to give him a rest for his rifle. He 

 then fired, and continued firing till all 

 were killed. When his companion made 



to walk towards the animals, Sir 



said to him roughly : 

 ' ' Where are you going?" 

 "To cut up the caribou." 

 " . . . I don't want them." 

 This is, but should not be, the end of 

 the first story. The other is pleasanter 

 to hear. A gentleman from the United 

 States wished to add a caribou head to 

 his collection, and after the usual hunt- 

 ing vicissitudes and disappointments 

 succeeded in doing so. On the way out 

 he and his man almost ran into a moose 

 which carried very fine horns. The 

 license permitted him to shoot, and the 



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