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BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA 



proved that three moose had been killed by the party, and 

 that the defendant had fired at all of them. The defence 

 showed that Mr. Niedieck had killed two of them, and that 

 although he did fire at a small bull early in September, when 

 in need of meat, he had not killed it, but that the beast was 

 finally shot by his hunter. The case was soon over, and the 

 verdict was " Guilty." The sentence was " Fined $200," 

 that is to say, the full limit of the fine. Mr. Niedieck was 



Mr. p. Niedieck with his largest Moose. 



Photo I'y P. Niedieck, 



even grateful to the Judge for not confiscating his trophies, 

 as he had power to do in the case of any person convicted of 

 breaking the game laws. After the trial I accepted an invita- 

 tion to dine with the defendant, and we compared notes over 

 an excellent bottle of champagne and a fine cigar, both 

 luxuries which I had not seen for many months. Niedieck 

 had got two good moose-heads of 69 and 64 inches respect- 

 ively, but he had utterly failed to get any sheep, finding no 

 good heads in the places where he had hunted for them. 

 Nevertheless, being a good sportsman, who had killed game 



