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moose would attach itself to another female. With the hope 

 that such kind fortune would befall it, my brother, after 

 having taken its photograph, led it away by the ear into the 

 ■shelter of the woods, and there left the little creature to its 

 fate. 



During the afternoon of the same day, the head of the 

 Grand Rapid of the Athabasca, situated just 165 miles below 



SCOWS AT THE HEAD OF GRAND RAPIDS. 



the Landing, was reached. Here we met a detachment of the 

 Moimted Police, in charge of Inspector Howard; and as it 

 was late in the day, and Saturday evening, it was decided to 

 pitch camp. The police camp was the only other one in the 

 neighborhood, so the first question which suggested itself was : 

 What possible duty could policemen find to perform in such 



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