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tion, high up on the face of the mountain. Here 

 there were many rocks amongst a scattered growth 

 of pine-trees, but there was also something else that 

 did not look exactly like a rock. Half of it was 

 very light in colour, the other half very dark, but 

 though I thought at once that it was a wapiti 

 bull lying down, it was too far off to make quite 

 sure of with the naked eye. I had a very power- 

 ful pair of glasses with me, and they at once re- 

 vealed what appeared to be a grand old wapiti 

 bull, lying high up on the mountain-side, in such a 

 position that he commanded a view over a vast ex- 

 tent of country below him. His body was very light 

 in colour, and his head and neck very dark. His 

 horns looked large and widespread, and through the 

 glasses I could plainly see the white tips to the tines. 

 He was lying broadside to me, but had his head 

 turned full face, as if he was looking straight at me ; 

 yet I was so far off that I did n't think he could see 

 me. Presently I saw him (through the glasses) turn 

 his head, and I then at once lay flat down on the 

 rock where I had been sitting, and, rolling over and 

 over to its edge, slid down behind it. Then I looked 

 again, with only the top of my head above the rock, 

 and saw that the wapiti was still lying motionless, 

 so I made sure he had not seen me. 



After having taken very careful note of the ground 

 between us, I then commenced what I made sure was 

 going to be a successful stalk ; for though I had a long 



