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learned. On the bank not far away we saw a Lynx 

 pursued overhead by two scolding Redsquirrels. 



Lunch consisted of what remained of the Pike, but 

 that afternoon Bezkya saw two Brown Cranes on a 

 meadow, and manoeuvring till they were in line killed 

 both with one shot of his rifle at over 100 yards, the 

 best shot I ever knew an Indian to make. Still, two 





Double lodge in bank 12 yards long, 4J feet high- 

 July 7, 1907 



Cranes totalling 1G pounds gross is not enough meat to 

 last five men a week, so we turned to our Moose-hunter. 

 "Yes, he could get a Moose." He went on in the 

 small canoe with Billy; we were to follow, and if we 

 passed his canoe leave a note. Seven miles above the 

 log-jamb, the river forked south and west; here a 

 note from the guide sent us up the South Fork; later 

 we passed his canoe on the bank and knew thai he had 

 landed and was surely on his way "to market ." What 

 a comfortable feeling it was to remember that Bezkya 

 was a moose-hunter! We left word and travelled till 

 7, having come 11 miles up from the river's mouth. 

 Our supper that night was Crane, a little piece of bread 

 each, seme soup, and some tea. 



