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exhibit with pardonable pride the hide of a grizzly 

 bear that has fallen victim to their prowess. Others, 

 inspired with a different motive, find in the great 

 mammalia of mountain and forest a fascinating subject 

 of natural history, and penetrate the deep recesses of 

 the woods or scale the rocky ranges where height 

 calls unto height, for the mere delight of coming into 

 touch with the wonderful varieties of animal life. 

 Personally I prefer to study the living history of these 

 magnificent creatures, and find it a more inte- 

 resting spectacle to watch the graceful curve of a 

 black-tailed buck, and mark the toss of his branching 

 antlers, than to measure its carcase or count its points 

 in death. Wherever I had the opportunity I got 

 away from the familiar trail, climbed the rugged 

 rocks over which the golden eagle soared and the 

 sure-footed mountain goat leaped from crag to crag. 

 Whatever be the ambition that prompts one to pur- 

 sue the big game, it is necessary to penetrate the wilds 

 of the great continent to come in contact with them. 

 With the ever-widening boundaries of advancing 

 civilization, they have retreated to the remote fast- 

 nesses of the mountains and into the impenetrable 

 wilds. There are abundant facilities by the great 

 railway systems to pursue them north and west, and 

 with camp and canoe they may be followed to their 

 far-distant haunts. In the wilds of Temagami, the 

 unexplored region of rivers and lakes along the 

 Hudson Bay Coast or the vast territories of Cassiar, 



