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through the middle. This buck then ran over a 

 hundred yards, shot up the way he was, before 

 he finally dropped. 



The deer here are all white-tail, and are con- 

 siderably smaller than those I have killed in the 

 States. There are, however, a few black-tailed 

 deer, some fifty miles from where I was hunting. 

 We caught all the trout we could eat, their aver- 

 age being about a pound. These fish, although 

 splendid eating, and called trout, were quite dif- 

 ferent from the trout I had caught in the United 

 States and Canada. One day when we were off 

 on a ride we found some otter tracks along the 

 river, so acting on Hi's suggestion, I took a shot- 

 gun down that night to watch by moonlight. We 

 had not been waiting more than an hour when 

 I could plainly see something swimming the 

 river. Loaded with double B shot, I fired twice, 

 and a good-sized otter floated to the top of the 

 water, quite dead. I had often tried to get one 

 of these little animals, as their hide is well worth 

 having in a collection. 



We had been very fortunate in riding over the 

 rough country we hunted not to lame any of the 

 horses nor had we lost any of the dogs; but a 

 slight misfortune befell us which turned out to 

 be of some advantage to myself. In the outfit 



