62 RECENT HUNTING TRIPS. 



caribou was (at the time of which I am writing) 

 by watching a " lead " and shooting the animals 

 from an ambush as they passed. In some cases 

 the watcher was able to command a view of 

 several " leads," and from time to time a rapid 

 change of position woidd be necessary to cut 

 off deer coming along a trail out of shot of the 

 central ambiiscade. The common practice, 

 however, was to sit and watch aU day long, and 

 day after day, from one spot, and during this 

 time to do no walking at all except to and from 

 the camp on the railway line. 



In watching for caribou the direction of the 

 wind must, of course, be studied, as the sense 

 of smell is very highly developed in these 

 animals, and they will at once take alarm on 

 scenting a human being ; but when on migra- 

 tion they travel straight ahead, and at such a 

 time often come right down the wind, and must 

 then trust to their eyes alone to give them 

 notice of dangers ahead. Their eyesiglit is not 

 nearly so quick as that of most wild animals, 

 and unless they had just been shot at they 

 always appeared to me to be absolutely uncon- 



