82 TEAL SHOOTING. 



a rather ungainly gait, and at a little 

 distance have something the appearance of 

 a large gray goose, weighing about six 

 pounds. They are generally fat, but their 

 flesh is not particularly good, often having 

 an unpleasant flavour, when the bird is 

 killed at any considerable elevation, probably 

 owing to some of the plants it there feeds 

 upon. 



During the next three days, almost inces- 

 sant rain and thick weather drove us from 

 the hill, leaving splendid ground behind us. 

 Having encamped at the spot where we had 

 parted from our companions, we shot twelve 

 couple of teal in the afternoon, and had not 

 powder and shot run short, we might have 

 killed many more. 



The 19th gave us a glimpse of fine weather, 

 and we went out after a bear, but made 

 nothing of it. My two friends returned from 

 their trip to the Glacier, and after the haunch 

 of burrell had been discussed, they gave their 

 account of the expedition. We had sent 

 with them our best men, and an old fellow of 



