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ways, a much more difficult matter than it becomes 

 later on. The method of hunting is naturally altered 

 to suit the circumstances. The first step is to locate 

 a shootable beast, then to watch and wait for his 

 appearance, for at this period the stags usually pass the 

 day in the thickets, only wandering out of their shelter 

 by chance, or to bask in the sun, or to drink. Next, a 

 caribou in thick timber is by no means so easy a quarry 

 as he frequently proves after he takes to the open. 

 And, lastly, the conditions of woodland hunting often 

 leave but a very brief instant for judging of the head 

 and shooting. Besides, it is obvious that the hunter's 

 opportunities will probably fall far short, as far as 

 numbers go, of the chances in October, when the deer 

 are collected together about and upon the line of 

 migration. 



Having made up my mind to try a September trip, I 

 left England early in August, as I wished to have some 

 fishing before the commencement of the shooting season, 

 for which my friend A. C. Gathorne-Hardy had agreed 

 to join me. Only three years had elapsed since my first 

 visit to Newfoundland, but on reaching my old ground 

 of Terra Nova Lake I found evidences of a great 

 change. In 1903 the influx of "sports" had been 

 insignificant ; in 1906 it had increased, though even 

 then it had not attained to anything like its present 

 magnitude. The " opening up " of Newfoundland came 

 suddenly and swiftly, and was aided by an enterprising 

 native taxidermist who had then begun to organise, 

 and I believe still continues to organise, little armies of 

 sportsmen at $200 a head, all found ! 



On my former visit when I travelled up the Terra 

 Nova Lake I had had the country to myself, but in 



