break in lionl of iis. We stopped lo lisUn, and Sijun a 

 calf caribou canu- out from the rii;hl hand side. 



It looked up and down, saw lis. but nio\\-d into the 

 forest on the other side ( which was here open and Idled 

 with stunted spruce trees, j;rowinL; in a thick bed of 

 mossj. The calf was followed a minute later by a cow. 

 The i;uide whis]XMed, "now look out for horns.'' lUit 

 still another cow (.-ame out and crossed the road, followed 

 by a si,i;ht I shall nex'er forget. A ])air of monster antlers 

 were very slowly pushed out into the road, and after them 

 the head and neck of as i^rand a caribou ladl as sun ever 

 shone upon. It was fully a second later before the animal 

 came into lull \-iew. 



The guide whispers, "Hit him in the shoulder; ])e 

 ste;ady and sure." .\nd I was ^uie, lor wIku I fired my 

 45-90 rifle almost at the same instant the caribou dropped 

 in his tracks. He hadn't moved an inch after beinj; hit. 

 The ball had pas.sed throu<;h his left shoulder and out at 

 the neck. We soon covered the hniulred yards or more 

 of distance which separated vis from his lordship, whom 

 we found down on his knees unable to rise. .\nd then a 

 battle royal started between Lon Barnes, the _i;uide, and 

 the bull. liarnes wanted to finish him with the back of 

 the ax, and in order to do so, he would angle around him, 

 trying to get in a blow on the forehead. The caribou, 

 however, although unalde to raise hiniM-ll' to his feet, 

 could, and did, swing his great head and antlers arouiul 

 in ever\- direction with vicious aiul lightning-like move- 

 ment. Had he caught the guide with his "frontlets" or 

 antlers it would have been a sorry day for lliat indivitlual. 

 Another shot from m\- rille, howe\-er, settled the matter. 



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