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cannot fail to endear him to the non-scientific but 

 hungry angler, for he is a beautiful fish to eat, fat, 

 and well fed, and with delicate pink-coloured flesh. 

 On the morning of October 23, I again went out 

 hunting, but finding no tracks of either wapiti or 



DESERTED CABIN AT OLD MINING CAMP, ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 

 OCTOBER, 1897 



deer, returned to camp early and caught a lot more 

 trout. 



On Sunday, October 24, we shifted camp down 

 the river to the empty cabins at the mining camp, 

 ten miles above Davies' ranch. The day was dull 

 and cloudy and threatened snow. Whilst we were 

 fixing camp Davies turned up from his ranch, and 



