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three hours, after an awful walk for the last few 

 miles floundering through willow swamps and 

 spruce forests in the dark. 



Mr. Sheldon, I found, had again been un- 

 successful in finding a band of sheep rams, but 

 late in the afternoon he had located a small 

 flock of ewes and lambs amongst which were 

 two young males. As it was already late when 

 he saw them, and they were in a bad position 

 to stalk, he had left them alone, with the inten- 

 tion of reseeking them the following day, and 

 shooting, if possible, several specimens, inclu- 

 ding the two young rams, for the Washington 

 Museum. 



On the following morning, therefore, he 

 made an early start after the sheep whilst I 

 remained in camp to clean and prepare for 

 mounting the headskin of the big moose. I 

 would have sent Louis to get the horns of one 

 or other of the two smaller specimens of 

 the three moose that I had shot during the two 

 previous days, but I thought he deserved a day's 

 rest and so kept him in camp with me. Coghlan 

 also remained in camp. 



