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NOTES OF THE HUNT. 



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Mr. Hedley, 

 Matthews, 

 Townsend, 

 Ray nor, - 

 ♦♦ Chandler, 

 Mons Alloo, 

 Mr. Kimball, 



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Devil's Angle. 

 Runway to Ox Tongue 

 Head Long Lake. 

 Poverty Lake. 

 Upper Twin Lake. 

 Clear Lake. 

 Buck Lake. 



The day proved very favorable : wind south by west, 

 sky cloudy, but sunshine enough to render matters 

 cheery. Not the chain of lakes, but the forest and Ox 

 Tongue was to be the scene of to-day's triumphs. If 

 Chandler, on Upper Twin, got nothing else, he secured 

 the topography of the shores and made a second map 

 of the Lakes. Tinker was disappointed in his little 

 fawn, which was started by Fly but got away, and was 

 afterwards shot by young Vanclief, a settler'c son. 

 Louis announced, on his return, " point d'adventure, 

 pas le moindre." Not the shadow of a sign of an ad- 

 venture. * 



Wiman, who was sure of a chance ii Gouldie's skill 

 and strength could possibly get him one, had an excit- 

 ing chase on Ox Tongue Lake. It was chilly and 

 Wiman had made himself comfortable in the canoe 

 with overcoat and muffler. Ned's big and intelligent 

 hound, Scout, put into the lake a buck weighing 175 

 pounds, when guide and hunter set off at racing spctd. 

 to catch him. It was as much as a bargain whelliri 

 the deer would reach the shore before they paddled up. 

 At last, when within fifty yards, fearing to let him get 

 away, Wiman, all bundled up and perspiring as he was, 

 struggled up, and placing his knees on the forward 

 thwart, let fly and hit the buck in the shoulder. A*^ 



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