BULLETS AND THEIE BILLETS 



Consider the good fortune involved in 

 every phase of the occurrence! Eight 

 o'clock in the morning of the first lawful 

 day. But for a conspiracy of happy 

 chances the record would have been of 

 an uncomfortable, unrewarded chase, 

 with the added chagrin of seeing a fine 

 head disappear, when to shoot or ap- 

 proach were alike impossible. The atti- 

 tude that such an incident should engen- 

 der is one of thankfulness and humility ; 

 the obvious lesson is to carry a glass, 

 and be vigilant in the use of it. 



Failure to do this may lead to worse 

 than disappointment. In our broad 

 Canadian solitudes there is but little 

 danger of shooting at one's fellow-crea- 

 tures, a danger which the use of a glass 

 almost entirely eliminates, but none the 

 less strange and awkward mistakes 

 occur. The telling about one may per- 

 haps save some unfortunate the expense 

 of purchasing the experience. 



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