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do not agree well at any rate, they are seldom seen 
together. 
Breakfast being over, Semond took Dalle and 
myself to the east end of the lake with the boat, 
after which he. returned to the west for the moose 
head we had left at Canoe River. This, with the 
entire camp, he moved during the day to about a 
mile along the Des Cédres portage, so that when 
evening came, we were so far on the return jour- 
ney. After leaving the canoe we walked back to 
where I had seen the fresh tracks two days before, 
then keeping the wind right, proceeded very cau- 
tiously, occasionally going to the edge of the swamp 
and looking over it. Arriving at the stream, 
which I had formerly been unable to cross, a likely 
tree was picked out and felled so as to form a bridge 
over which we passed. 
Plunging into the dense forest beyond, we wan- 
dered about for some hours. Occasionally Dalle 
would give a caribou call—it was a sort of cough 
and very easy to imitate. Suddenly about one hun- 
dred yards away we saw three very grey looking 
animals running backwards and forwards through 
the timber. We stood absolutely still and called. 
Instantly the deer stopped and turning around gal- 
loped back to within fifty yards of us. They were 
a buck and two does, but the buck had a poor head, 
so I let him pass, and in a minute they darted off 
to be called back a second time. Then I moved a 
little and they disappeared for good. The guide 
told me that he could always call caribou at this 
