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growing much straighter up than is usual with mule 

 deer. After having cleaned the carcass and lifted it 

 on to a rock, we started for camp carrying the head 

 and neck skin with us. 



The next morning we returned with the scale, and 

 after cutting up the deer I carefully weighed each 

 section, with the following result : 



Fore-quarters .... Weighed 88 Ibs. 



Neck " 22 Ibs. 



Hind-quarters .... " no Ibs. 



Head with neck skin 



and fore legs " 22 Ibs. 



Total 242 Ibs. or 17 stone, 

 4 Ibs. 



During October 10 and n, I saw nothing but one 

 doe mule deer all by herself. 



On October 12 we all remained in camp, as it 

 rained hard all day, turning to sleet towards dusk. 

 On the following day it sleeted and snowed all day, 

 but being tired of inactivity I went out with Graham. 

 We found the mountain about one thousand feet 

 above our camp covered with snow about two feet 

 deep, and as the snow kept falling, the depth rapidly 

 increased. We came on the tracks of five or six mule 

 deer, that seemed to be revelling in the new-fallen 

 snow, as they appeared to have been playing about in 

 it, and kept constantly climbing higher and higher up 

 the mountain-side. At last we sighted them, as hav- 

 ing seen or winded us, they went off across an open 



