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together with a Uttle meat, after having cut off the hind 

 quarters of all of them, and started for camp. On my 

 way back I met Crit and 'Windy' coming up with my 

 bed and provisions. They continued on to the Watch 

 Creek cabin to leave the food there for Collins, while 

 I took my bed from Crit and continued on my way 

 with the largest head. I arrived at camp just before 

 dark and ate two big suppers before rolling up in my 

 blanket. 



" 'Scotty' was not much the worse for wear, but was 

 not altogether what one might call active on his feet. 

 So one of the packers was despatched in search of Frank 

 Stamford to bring him back to cook for us if possible. 

 Luckily he came and stayed for a week till 'Scotty' 

 could get about again, and during that time we all 

 enjoyed the very best of camp cooking. 



''During my sheep hunt Collins had been industriously 

 hunting moose. He had not found one large enough to 

 suit him, but said that he had seen twenty-nine the day 

 I killed my sheep. That's the way it went. Every 

 day we saw from five or six up to twenty or thirty moose. 

 The average was around twenty, I suppose, but Collins 

 saw close to a hundred head in one day. 



"Up to this time we had very good weather indeed, 

 as in fact we did during our whole trip, with the excep- 

 tion of a few snow storms, which were to be expected 

 at this time of year. 



"On October 10th Collins and Colonel Revell took 

 a small tent and light equipment with them to hunt the 

 down-timber country between Killey and Funny Rivers 

 north of our camp. 



" 'The Colonel,' a great big, strapping fellow, would 

 be an addition to any hunting party. He was always 



