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CHAPTER XVII 



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Wild fowl — Duck and their habitat— French River — Teniagami 

 — Outskirts of Algonquin Park — Manitoba, Saskatchewan, 

 and Alberta provinces— Wood duck — Pintail — Canvas-back, 

 etc. — Game — The Canadian rough grouse — The sooty, 

 Oregon, and grey-ruffed species — Ptarmigan classification — 

 Prairie chicken — Black-game and capercailzie — Pheasants, 

 partridges, quail — Game characteristics — High mountain and 

 wood species — The sporting quail ..... 246 



CHAPTER XVIII 



Big game — Guides — Natural History — Wapiti — When Greek 

 meets Greek — Defence of young — The mule deer — Plentiful 

 west of Rockies — The old doe leader — Destruction of species 

 — The Virginian deer — Its keen sight — Giving the alarm — 

 Simulation of the young— The moose — Feeding on mountain 

 ranges — Antlers' growth — Calling the moose — Its mettle — 

 Yarding — Dispersion— The Caribou— Speed and swimming 

 powers — Telegraphic communications and pungency — 

 Dispersion — The black bear — Habits — Mating season — 

 Insect food — The captain's midnight encounter — Stealing 

 the beans— The grizzly bear — Widely distrilmted — Hiberna- 

 tion — Rolling like a ball— Trapping — Charged with man- 

 slaughter — The buffalo — The penned monarch — Causes of 

 extermination — Illegal and legalized trade — The big-horn 

 sheep — The sentinel — Falling on its horns — The mountain 

 goat — Dispersion — The value of the fleece — Wariness and 

 aloofness — Guides — Outfit — Big game excursions . . . 253 



CHAPTER XIX 



Reflections — Conditions of success — Social environment — The 

 lonely life — Minimizing temptation — The liquor laws — 

 Local option — Native sports — The domination of commerce 



