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almost invariably eaten raw by the natives. They also 
removed from under the skin of the back and croup of 
the two fawns, both of which were males, a fatty deposit, 
some three inches thick, called by French Canadian hunt- 
ers depouille. 
This, Solomon knew, was an essential element in well 
prepared pemmican, being pounded in with the dried flesh 
of the animal. 
Just as they were making ready to start, heavily 
loaded, the down-easter was observed to stoop and sever 
the bladder from each of the remains before him. These 
he tied on to the rest of his load — for what purpose we 
shall soon see. 
And naow, boys," said Solomon, as the three started 
off in high spirits, " we want to jest pull fer home in good 
style." 
" Pull " they did, although, encumbered as they were 
with their heavy loads, they could not move as fast as 
during the morning. Still, by dint of perseverance and 
steady work, they managed to reach their last night's 
camping-ground before stopping to rest. 
The first thing Solomon did was to pull open the ashes 
with which he had prudently covered the live coals of the 
fire that morning, thus saving an extra match. Next, he 
hung each of the bladders he had saved to the swaying 
end of an alder withe, which he stuck into the ground a 
few feet away from the camp. Neither of his companions 
needed to ask the reason for these singular objects ; they 
