a mile away. We found the first with the aid of a dog, 

 hidden in a bunch of grass ; the other, for which we 

 searched in vain, was found by a cowboy two days after. 



Thus early in the morning and evening we have been 

 in the pits enjoying this most exciting sport, and have 

 bagged enough geese to supply us with all we can use, 

 and an occasional one to give away. At this season of 

 the year thej' are fat and delicious eating. 



Six gentlemen of our party started on Monday of last 

 week on a " big game hunt" into the district of the Gold 

 range of mountains abounding in caribou, grizzly and 

 black bear, Rocky Mountain goats and mountain sheep. 

 They took with them three Indian guides, a white cook 

 and a squaw to cook for the guides. As their camp outfit 

 had to be carried on pack horses sixty -five miles, when 

 they started off they made a very respectable cavalcade. 

 The roads, as well as the hunting ground, are said to be 

 of the roughest description, so whatever game they 

 bring back they will surely earn, particularly when it is 

 said that before leaving they were compelled to take out 

 a license to shoot deer, costing $50 each. As far as we 

 can learn this license or tax is only levied on Americans 

 (Yankees we are called here) while Englishmen, French- 

 men or men of any other nationality are never required to 

 take out a license. If this be really so, it is only another 

 proof of Canada's vexatious and nagging policy towards 

 her big and wealthy neighbor. It also proves how short- 

 sighted they are, as such a police will never bring recip- 

 rocity, which all Canadians sigh for, but retaliation, which 

 they can ill afford, and which is as unseemly among 



nations as it is among men. 



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