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jolly and full of fun, and nothing that he could do to 

 make our hunt a success was too much trouble for him. 

 One of 'The Colonel's' chief amusements in camp was to 

 cut up perfectly good clothing of one sort or another 

 and remodel it after his own particular ideas. The 

 results were usually disastrous. One day 'The Colonel' 

 decided that he must have a pair of puttees. He had 

 discovered that ColHns had an extra pair of these leg 

 bandages, but didn't quite like to ask for them. So, 

 after supper one night, without saying anything, he 

 walked out to his bed, took from it one of the two blankets 

 of which it was composed, and marched into the cook 

 tent where we were all sitting. After folding one end 

 of the blanket around his leg, and studying the effect 

 for awhile, he asked Elgin for a knife. Elgin asked him 

 what in hell he was going to cut up his bed for, and 

 'The Colonel' innocently repUed that he was going to 

 make him a pair o' them puttees, and made a bluff at 

 beginning operations on the blanket. 



"At this point Collins jumped up, protesting vio- 

 lently that he should do nothing of the sort, and pro- 

 duced his extra pair of puttees before 'The Colonel' 

 had actually commenced operations. I imagine 'The 

 Colonel' has since had many a laugh over that little 

 game. 



"Late on the afternoon of October 11th Collins got 

 back to the main camp with a fine moose head he had 

 secured the night before. Its spread was sixty inches. 

 The horns were very symmetrical, as well as having 

 good heavy beams and large palms. 



"Collins now decided to try for sheep and leave to 

 me the moose country that could be hunted from our 

 main camp. He, therefore, proceeded to the little 



