DOWN THE ATHABASCA 



no value to us, was placed on a big stone in the sun to dry 

 and await the ownership of the first Indian who should pass 

 that way. 



As it was now nearly noon, it was decided to take dinner 

 before re-embarking, and while the cooks were devoting their 

 attention to bannocks and moose-steaks, my brother and I 



THE MOOSE CALF AND ITS CAPTORS. 



were debating as to what we should do with the calf. We 

 had not the heart to deliberately shoot it, but were unable to 

 take it with us alive, as we would like to have done. Through 

 a suggestion of one of the men a happy alternative was de- 

 cided on. Other moose were doubtless in the vicinity, so that 

 the calling of the calf would likely attract some of them, and 

 in the event of this taking place it was said that the little 



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