A FALL HUNT IN THE ROCKIES. 379 



By the time we got back to the ranch it was late 

 on in November, and the snow was deep very deep ; 

 and in consequence we " had our work cut out " to get 

 down to the railway at Beaver Canon, especially as 

 I had so much stuff to get away. The bag consisted 

 altogether, besides the bear mentioned above, of three 

 bull-moose, four wapiti bulls, two black-tail bucks, 

 sundry antelope, lynxes, beaver, and wolverine. I 

 haye had a good deal of hunting in different parts of 

 the world, but this was my first experience of the 

 Rocky Mountains, and I can emphatically say that 

 it seems to me the spot j>ar excellence for sport Not 

 only is there still plenty of game to be found, but the 

 country you hunt through is pre-eminently a healthy 

 and invigorating one ; the scenery in many cases is 

 grand, always Avild and fascinating to the lover of 

 nature. Of course, no one can expect to run on to 

 game everywhere \ indeed there is such a vast wilder- 

 ness of forest for game to range in, that no one can 

 rely on getting anything unless he can spend at least 

 a month in the mountains. Big game is a thing 

 varium et mutabile semper, here to-day and miles 

 away to-morrow, so there is a good deal of hard 

 work and travelling to be done to ensure success. 



There are a great many men who undertake to act 

 as hunters and guides who have no other qualification 

 for the position than a fixed intent to make the biggest 

 " squeeze " out of the first sportsman who comes along. 

 If any of your readers are thinking of hunting in these 



