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on Long Lake from Kimball's repeating rifle. Robert 

 tells the story, on another page, of his adventure. At 

 half-past two, Hedley's guide, while watching under 

 the shadow of a mighty rock^, saw a doe skirting the 

 shore of Big Twin Lake and paddled cautiously across 

 to intercept her. Too late, as the event proved ; too 

 late, at least for such markmanship as the scribe could 

 boast, suffering as he did from the ' buck fever,' for 

 he could get no nearer than forty yards before she 

 re?*" *'ie shore, and two shots sped after her in 

 vain. ■ A a minute or two, Salmon's dogs appeared on 

 the north shore, looking distressfully for the deer, and 

 were ferried over by Hedley to the spot where the doe 

 went out. Some time afterward, we heard them far off 

 to the southward whence, at half-past three, the report 

 of a shot came. At 4.20, after some baying of dogs, a 

 rifle was fired on Poverty Lake by Alloo. 



It appears that the buck — it was a buck — had been 

 seen in Clear Lake by Matthews. In calling his man, 

 while on the portage, some noise was made which 

 alarmed the deer, and it headed for the shore. Close 

 upon its heels came the dogs, driving it into Buck 

 Lake, where Louis' man espied it, swimming low. 



"What is that little floating thing, looking like a 

 leaf, which moves ? " asked our Parisian friend. 



" Why, that's the deer." 



Oho ! thought Louis, preparing to shoot while the 

 animal was still 150 yards away, its rump towards him. 

 " Don't shoot now," said the guide. " No, no, by no 

 means," replied Alloo, " no gentleman would shoot an 

 animal so, but please to put his head round so I can 

 see it and I will shoot him." And accordingly, while 

 the guide was striving to get close to the prey, Bang ! 



