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forefeet, and as lie did not want to shoot ker, 

 he walked round ker until ske got kis wind. 



Tke scent of a kuman being seemed to be 

 more disconcerting to ker tkan tke sigkt of 

 one, for ske tken bristled up all tke long kair 

 on ker neck and skoulders, sniffed suspiciously 

 at tke new and disagreeable odour now for 

 tke first time presented to ker delicate olfactory 

 nerves, and presently turned round and trotted 

 back into tke skelter of tke forest, closely 

 followed by ker astonisked calf. 



One evening Mr. Skeldon saw two bull 

 moose. He was tken, kowever, kigk up in tke 

 mountains, and tkey were a long way off in 

 willow swamps so far below liim tliat it was 

 useless trying to get to tkem as it would kave 

 been dark long before lie could kave reacked 

 tkem. 



On September IZtli tke weatker was still 

 stormv, witk skowers of snow and sleet 

 occasionally falling. I kad been wandering over 

 some open snow-covered mountain skoulders 

 looking for tke small kerd of caribou wliose 

 tracks I kad seen on tke previous day as 



