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 — Disper- 

 sion — The black bear — Habits — Mating season — Insect food 

 — The Captain's midnight encounter — Stealing the beans — The 

 grizzly bear — Widely distributed — Hibernation — Rolling like a 

 ball — Trapping — Charged with manslaughter— 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. 



THE big game in the Dominion are widely 

 distributed and found in great variety. 

 Reliable guides are to be procured in all the 

 provinces who provide the necessary equipment 

 for an expedition to the haunts of moose and deer, 

 black bear and grizzly. The ambition of many 

 travellers is not unnaturally to add the antlers of 

 moose and wapiti to their sporting collection, and to 



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