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season and that he had frequently stood quite still 
and brought them within a few paces, when the 
wind was right. The caribou has a keen sense of 
smell, and like most of the other members of his 
tribe objects much more to human scent than to 
man’s appearance. 
We lunched by a spring at the edge of a meadow 
which was probably a mile and a half long by a mile 
wide. ‘The moss was deep and springy, and game 
trails existed in every direction. A few small 
spruce were scattered about over the meadow and 
the whole was surrounded by densely wooded hills. 
The place was ideal for game and I saw several 
little trees which the deer had used for rubbing the 
velvet off their horns. We hunted around thor- 
oughly for some hours without seeing anything and 
then turned toward the portage. 
About 4: 00 Pp. M., we were almost at our starting 
point, when I saw two grouse sitting on the ground 
and another on a branch a few feet above. I was 
looking for something to throw at them and Dalle 
was a little way off trying to find a suitable place 
to cross the stream. I heard him give a call, which 
was immediately answered on the hill beyond and 
the breaking of branches told us that a caribou 
was coming in our direction. Presently I made 
him out indistinctly, as the alders by the stream 
were dense; when he reached them he halted, and 
I saw that he had horns of fair size, so firing at 
him, he fell with.a crash. We found a beaver dam 
and, crossing it, came to the deer. He was a fine 
buck in perfect condition, very grey and with a 
