blankets, and their fat makes a good gun- or shoe- 

 grease. Their sweet, long-drawn-out whistle 

 echoes among the mountains from California to 

 Behring Sea, during the summer time, and once heard 

 will never be forgotten. The shrill whistle of a 

 farm boy is enough to conjure up visions of glaciers 

 and snow-covered peaks to a Western hunter. 



In hunting the marmot the hunter often encoun- 

 ters larger game. The cougar invades the marmot 

 country in the summer time, and proceeds to grow 

 fat. They stalk the marmot among the stunted 

 balsams until the deer begin to congregate in the 

 lowlands. The cougar is an arrant coward, and 

 easily killed; a .22 or .32 calibre bullet well placed, 

 will prove as effective as a larger calibre. 



The writer once hunted marmot in Northern 

 British Columbia, in a country where that splendid 

 animal, the mountain sheep, could be seen along 

 the rugged cliffs. 



The Canada lynx, and the bob-cat, also work 

 towards the mountains in the summer time ; and 

 that savage little animal, the wolverine, roams 

 among the rock-strewn hills. 



Blue grouse feed among the mountain blue- 

 berries, and offer tempting shots as they alight 

 among the evergreens. 



On the high, wind-swept uplands, among the 

 grey lichens and glacial drifts, the hunter finds the 

 big willow ptarmigan, and the swift-flying " rockers. " 

 Both these ptarmigan are a welcome addition to the 

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