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animal as I had ever seen. The coloration 

 of his head and body was of a very dark 

 blackish brown, but the long hair on his 

 great neck was of a beautiful silvery white. 

 His antlers looked immense and were in fact 

 very fine ; long, and massive, and broadly 

 pahnated at the tops. 



I shall never forget the noble pictiu'e that 

 great caribou stag presented as he stood with 

 raised head, and dark shapely form, clear cut 

 against the snowy background. When he saw 

 me he turned towards me, and I at once fired 

 as I stood from a distance of about one hundred 

 and fifty yards. I heard my bullet tell, but 

 immediately lost sight of the caribou, as he 

 rushed down the further side of the ridge on 

 which he had been standing. I followed as 

 quickly as possible, and soon came in view of 

 him again about one hundred yards ahead. 



A glance was enough to assure me that his 

 race was run, and a moment later he rolled 

 over on the snow. 



I walked to him along his tracks, but strange 

 to say, though the distance from where he had 



