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work out, as it is a fine scheme for killing, but a 

 rotten form of sport. Down at the river bend we 

 saw where the plateau narrowed to three hundred 

 yards, where Dixon intended the hunters to be 

 placed, and here were the newly made tracks of a 

 number of very large moose and some small ones 

 that had come through the narrows, descended the 

 plateau, and crossed over the river to the undis- 

 turbed timber. Back in camp we are glad to have 

 seen what a moose drive is like and to have partici- 

 pated in an unsuccessful one, but we are quite deter- 

 mined that we will hunt our moose in the future like 

 Christians and gentlemen and not by means of the 

 drive. 



September 5. Snow began to fall early last eve- 

 ning and continued all night, and the ground was 

 covered even down in the timber about our camp. 

 As the storm persisted all day, making it impossible 

 to locate game, the hunters stayed in camp and 

 undertook various repair work, while the guides 

 spent their time in taking care of the many heads 

 and scalps we had brought in as trophies of our 

 hunting. The writer became restless from lack of 

 exercise and decided to ramble across the moun- 

 tains, not so much in hope of seeing any game, as 

 the swirling snow obscured everything except at 

 close range. Going through the timber there were 

 many fresh snow trails of small moose, but no track 



