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deer, and the work of dressing it and hanging it up on 

 a tree heated me still more. 



When I arrived at the bog I ate my lunch and sat 

 there for an hour or more looking for caribou. At 

 two o'clock I left for the camp, reaching it at five. 

 The mackintosh had been getting heavier with each 

 mile, until it weighed, or seemed to weigh, full half-a- 

 hundred pounds. It is needless to say that, handi- 

 capped in this manner, the walk of sixteen miles had 

 made me very tired. The next morning the lumbago 

 made its appearance while I was stooping to lace my 

 boots. Two distinct kinks in my back told the story 

 of its arrival. And now comes in the trouser expe- 

 rience I have referred to, and its relation may prove 

 interesting, if not instructive, to the reader. I had 

 been unwise enough to take them off the night before, 

 and to get back into them again was a job I con- 

 templated with alarm. Suddenly a brilliant thought 

 struck me. I took two pieces of twine about three 

 feet long, and tied a piece to each front suspender but- 

 ton. Then, backing myself up against a tree, I took 

 one of the strings in each hand and dropped the 

 trousers in front of me, taking particular care not to 

 lose my hold on the strings. Then stepping a foot 

 into each leg I drew the garment slowly and cautiously 

 up into its proper place. It took me some time to ac- 

 complish the feat, but there was no especial hurry ; 

 besides, under the circumstances, I had a good deal 



