110 Bird-Nesting 



" Next to the elk ranks the caribou, and a right royal quarry 

 he is. They are very plentiful about Eagle Pass, in the Selkirk 

 range, and there should be no difficulty in securing fine speci- 

 mens. They also abound in Manitoba in the region between 

 Lakes Winnipeg and Manitoba, etc., and wonderful stories are 

 told of great herds in the Peace River country. 



" The several species comprising the game list mentioned 

 above are distributed throughout the mountains in greater or 

 lesser numbers, being plentiful wherever the conditions are 

 favorable. More minute details concerning them are impossi- 

 ble in a book of this nature, and unnecessary, as the game, 

 except at a point here and there, is as abundant as it was 

 before the first rifle shot woke the echoes of those monstrous 

 canons. 



" The sportsman contemplating a trip by the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway across the continent to these incomparable fields, must 

 bear in mind that heavy weapons are needed for satisfactory 

 work. Lighter ones may do the Indians kill grizzlies with 

 the lightest Winchester rifles but my advice is to take a 

 repeater of the heaviest make. Plenty of powder and lead 

 means sure work if the rifle is held right, and by using such 

 you will lose less wounded game, and greatly lessen the risk of 

 a clawing from some infuriated bear. The Indians, it must be 

 remembered, are greatly your superiors, both in the approach 

 of, or retreat from, dangerous game ; they steal noiselessly and 

 patiently upon their victim, and never fire until they are at 

 close range, and sure of dropping it in its tracks. You will not 

 be able to accomplish this, and therefore require a weapon that 

 will do deadly execution at any reasonable distance. Properly 

 equipped you will drop your bear or elk cleanly and well : and 

 when your holiday is done, and you are speeding homeward 

 by the ' Royal Road,' with your muscles strong after glorious 

 work, and your skin tanned by the mountain air, you will 

 think over every moment of your outing ; of the splendor of 

 the sunrise, the magnificence of the scenery ; the glaciers, the 

 torrents, and the thousand and one marvels of the wonderland 

 you have left : of your beautiful trophies, and of your reunion 



