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learned. On the bank not far away we saw a Lynx 

 pursued overhead by two scolding Redsquirrels. 



Lunch consisted of what remained of the Pike, but 

 that afternoon Bezkya saw two Brown Cranes on a 

 meadow, and manoeuvring till they were in line killed 

 both with one shot of his rifle at over 100 yards, the 

 best shot I ever knew an Indian to make. Still, two 



Double lodge in bank 12 yards long, 4J feet high. 

 July 7, 1907 



Cranes totalling 16 pounds gross is not enough meat to 

 last five men a week, so we turned to our Moose-hunter. 

 "Yes, he could get a Moose." He went on in the 

 small canoe with Billy; we were to follow, and if we 

 passed his canoe leave a note. Seven miles above the 

 log-jamb, the river forked south and west; here a 

 note from the guide sent us up the South Fork; later 

 we passed his canoe on the bank and knew that he had 

 landed and was surely on his way "to market." What 

 a comfortable feeling it was to remember that Bezkya 

 was a moose-hunter! We left word and travelled till 

 7, having come 11 miles up from the river's mouth. 

 Our supper that night was Crane, a little piece of bread 

 each, some soup, and some tea. 



