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Hunting Caribou in Newfoundland. 
' On Oct. I2th, C. W. W. and the writer left Boston 
on board the steamship Yarmouth bound for Newfound- 
land. We arrived in Halifax, N. S., the next night and 
left there the following morning for Hawkesbury, C. B., 
where we arrived in due time; there we spent neaily 
twenty-four hours waiting for the provincial express, 
which finally arrived, late, and we were whirled through 
to North Sidney, C. B., at the rate of fifteen miles an 
hour. At North Sidney we went aboard the steamship 
Bruce, which is a beauty, but the crankiest craft I ever 
saw; at any rate, I soon lost track of time, and forgot 
where I was going. We arrived at Port-aux-Basque, 
Newfoundland, next morning, nuich the worse for wear, 
but a day's ride on 'the railroad sort of revived us, so 
that when we arrived at Deer Lake station and found the 
one who usually takes charge of things had gone away 
on a vacation, and no one there to meet us, we did not 
drop dead, but took possession of the only house in sight 
and found it contained one full-sized bed. This we 
utilized to good advantage. When I awoke, it was to 
see my friend pounding the wall with his shoe. On close 
examination I found many red spots. He said I looked 
pale, but I think he was mistaken. Next morning I dis- 
covered, on a stick near the track, a telegram I had sent 
from Hawkesbury two days before. I asked my friend 
how it got there; he replied, "Wireless telegraphy." 
We then decided to separate. He said I could walk to 
our guide's house, about four miles through the woods, 
and send a boat over after him. I went, arrived there 
about noon, and enjoyed a good chicken dinner. After 
a while I said to our guide, "There is another fellow over 
across the lake, who must be getting hungry, as he has 
had nothing to eat since last night; perhaps you had bet- 
ter go after him before dark." 
I retired early, so did not see much of my friend until 
morning. A good night's rest had put him in good 
humor again, and no references were made to happenings 
of the day before. We soon started for camp, our guides 
and cook having everything in readiness for the trip up 
the Humber River to the hunting ground, twelve miles 
distant. It rained most of the day, but we didn't mind 
this as we were well protected by oil skins. 
Much is to be said in favor of the beautiful scenery 
along the Humber River, where it empties into the Gulf 
of St. Lawrence, at "Bay-of-Islands," and extending to 
its source above Adie's Pond. It is the Hudson of New- 
foundland.. 
We arrived at camp in the afternoon, without mishap, 
although it is a wonder to my mind how the guide could 
pole a canoe up some of the rapids through which we 
passed, but this was apparently accomplished with the 
greatest of ease, by an expert hand. The only game 
sighted going up the river was a seal and some ducks. 
The former we shot at, but missed. We were informed 
that many seal inhabit these waters during the spring and 
summer months. They live on salmon, which are very 
abundant in the Humber River. Next day it snowed and 
blew so, it was almost unsafe to remain in the woods, so 
we moved on up the river, to another and better camp, 
where we spent seven days. 
The shooting is done on the barrens or marshes, where 
caribou cross during their migration. These boggy 
places are generally covered with a kind of white moss, 
on which the deer feed during the late summer and fall 
months. Caribou usually travel single file, headed by the 
old doe of the herd, and the old stag brings up the rear. 
It is a fine sight to see them traveling across a barren on 
a brisk walk or tireless trot, their broad, flat feet clatter- 
ing as they go. 
The first caribou were sighted on the day of ©lit arrival. 
There were nine, quietly grazing, almost in sight of 
camp. We were very anxious, of course, to kill one 
for meat, but we scored a clean miss, although several 
.shots were fired. We had been told that caribou could 
run, but it was a revelation to us to see how quickly 
those white balls of hair disappeared, although we could 
see them for half a mile. We were told by a conductor 
on the Newfoundland railroad that a herd came up to 
the train, ran past and crossed the track ahead of the 
engine when the train was going at the rate of twenty 
miles an hour. This seemed a big story at the time, but 
we are ready to believe it now. Next day my friend was 
ill and did not leave camp; so I went out alone and 
* .secured a good head before dinner. The following day 
I remained in camp, and C. W. tried his luck, returning 
with a fine stag and doe. The third day he also carried 
off the laurels by securing two of tlic finest heads killed 
on the trip. On the fourth day one stag was killed from 
a bunch of a dozen. The fifth was a blank. The sixth 
day three stags were killed, two of them having record 
heads. These deer were killed at one hundred and eighty, 
two hundred and twenty-fiv^e and three hundred yards 
respectively. One was a very old and very large deer, 
probably the largest one killed on the trip. He was 
almost a pure white and his antlers very massive, and had 
a wide spread, but only twenty-one points. The other 
was a fine specimen of the middle aged stag, with thirty- 
one points to his antlers, and a very handsome brow 
pan, having the appearance of clasped hands. The last 
day we were in camp, only one deer was killed, jtist 
completing our lawful number. 
Perhaps one of the most satisfactory outings one can 
take, from a sportsman's point of view, is a trip to this 
interesting country in quest of caribou. This representa- 
tive member of the deer family is so abundant there that 
herds of fifty, or more, are often sighted crossing, or 
quietly feeding on the barrens. I have noted that some 
hunters claim caribou shooting in Newfoundland is no 
sport, because they are so plenty; but I think this is a 
mistaken idea. They are cautious, wary animals, keen oi 
scent and hearing, and they take advantage of everything 
in their favor. The only point of vantage the sportsman 
has, is the fact^ of their appearitig in sight sometimes 
three-fourths of 'a mile away. They move very rapidly, 
and a run of one-fourth of a mile to gain a good position 
does not tend to improve one's marksmanship, and as 
the range is usually from two to three hundred yards, 
you will see that they are not so easy to get after all. 
You would be convinced of this when you had secured 
a good position just in time to see them disappear from 
your view, two or three hundred yarids away at a 2.0114 
gait. The writer had this experience several times, and 
the grand old stag trotted out of sight with bullets flying 
in his direction. 
An interesting sight is a fellow sportsman chasing a 
wounded stag across one of the bogs, or so-called bar- 
rens. He starts in with attack of "buck fever," of course, 
or he would never have undertaken such a thing. He 
goes about twenty yards, sinking in a foot at every step — 
then falls; he gets up bare-headed, shoots once or twice, 
then takes another run, his eye on the stag, and not 
where he is going. This up and down and forward move- 
ment goes on for a few minutes, when aJl at once there is 
a splash and a yell, and he finds himself in about three 
feet of mud and water; this dampens his clothing, but 
not his ardor. He scrambles to his feet out of breath 
and in no good humor, staggers rather than runs to a 
hummock a short distance away, on which he rests his 
gun and takes deliberate aim — pulls the trigger — and — 
snap — -there are no cartridges in his rifle. He is now in 
about the same condition as the stag, more dead than 
aUve. Not being able to go a foot further they both 
fall to the ground, one from exhaustion, the other to rise 
no more. But a few restoratives soon raise the fallen 
hunter, and he hastens to the spot where lies one of the 
finest deer of the season, a beauty, indeed, having forty- 
five points and double brow pans. This deer, I have no 
doubtj will adorn the home of my friend and fellow 
A LODGE IM THE WILDERNESS. 
Sportsman, and will, I am sure, in the future be a pleasant 
reminder of his visit to Newfoundland, and "Camp Indi- 
gestion." 
Several snowstorms and cold nights were signs not to 
be ignored, so we decided to break camp on Oct. 27. 
The trip down the river was much enjoyed, and We left 
Deer Lake the following day homeward bound, with a 
feeling of intense satisfaction. There were none of those 
disagreeable features present usually met with in camp 
life. 
In concluding this article, it is no more than fair for 
me to speak of our guides. They were trustworthy men, 
well versed in woodcraft, boating, and the requirements 
of .sportsmen. Their aim seemed to be to please, and they 
were entirely successful. To sportsmen who contemplate 
a trip to Newfoundland will say that they can do no 
better than secure the services of George A. Nichols, 
Deer Lake. A letter to him will receive careful attention, 
and any statement he may make can be relied upon. 
-45-70. 
Sunday Laws* 
In view of the growing agitation of a change in the 
Sunday law of Massachusetts to permit shooting, golf 
plajdng and otiier sports on that day, the following ex- 
position of the principle upon which Sunday legislation 
is based is of timely interest. It was written by Senator 
George F. Hoar for the Defender, which is the' organ of 
the New England Sabbath Protective League: 
"I wish to state in a few sentences the true principle, 
as T understand it, upon which what are known as Sun 
day laws can be maintained without violation of religious 
freedom. I have not undertaken to go into the argument, 
or to define my position. I merely state it as if I were 
stating in a headnote the principle of the decision of some 
court. The 'people of Massachusetts do not mean to 
compel any man to any religious observance by law, or 
to prevent by law any religious observance which the 
conscience of any person demands of him, unless it inter- 
feres with the rights of others. No church sect, doctrine 
or creed is to be permitted to wield the powers of the 
State. So it is no good reason for maintaining our 
Sunday laws that it is believed by a large number, or 
even a large majority, of the people, that to keep the 
Sabbath day holy is a Divine command. 
"But we have a right to establish holidays and to 
.secure them against disturbance. We have the right to 
limit the hours of labor. And w-e have the right to 
secure our dwellings - against disturbing noises in the 
streets or on other men's prem.ises. We have the right 
to secure the quiet of the night. Nobody questions the 
lawfulness of this exercise of power by the State, and 
nobody deems it an undue restraint of individual con- 
science or individual liberty. 
"Now the Sunday laws must rest upon this principle, if 
at all. If in any particular they go beyond, they are so 
far, I think, illogical, and should he amended to conform 
to it. Experience has convinced a. majority of our people 
that a rest from labor of one day in seven is not only 
desirable but essential for the -mental and bodily health 
of men and women in general. A great many 'persons 
think that that day of rest oijght to be devoted to a con- 
sideration of spiritual interests, of the relation of man to 
his Creator and the hopes of a future state, to the relig- 
ious training of the young and the religious improvement 
of persons of mature age. The State has the right, I 
think, to secure this period of rest by law. There is the 
same right to do it as there is to secure the quiet of the 
night. Whether the curfew law be wise or unwise, I - 
suppose no man would claim that such a law would be 
tyranny. 
"Now, to secure the opportunity for that lar^e propor- 
tion of the people who desire to devote one day in seven 
to rest, to religious study and meditation, or religious 
instruction of their children, it is not enough to enact 
that they shall not be disturbed in their houses or their 
churches. If business be permitted to go as usual, if 
the factories and shops may be opened, if teams are to go 
along the streets, and every kind of secular business 
may proceed at will of the individual, it will be impossible 
for those who want the religious holiday to get it. If 
Jordan & Marsh keep open on Sunday, every clerk who 
desires to have his Sunday as a day of rest, must lose 
his place, and cver^^ other dealer must keep his own store 
open in order to maintain his competition. 
"The right to prevent this rests on the same principle 
as the laws which prohibit men, women and children in 
factories from working more than a certain number of 
hours in the week and requiring fourteen or sixteen hours 
of the day to be let free. Jhere are many persons who 
nnght be willing to work twelve hours a day or fourteen 
hours a day, and could do it for considerable periods of 
time without suffering. 'But the law prohibits the fac- 
tory owner from employing the individual operative more 
than eight or ten hours. This is simply to secure the 
remainder of the day for rest. Whether it be wise or 
unwise, no man claims that it is beyond the reasonable 
power of the State. 
"Now the law which secures Saturday afternoon to 
workmen in the factory may for the same reason secure 
Sunday to all citizens alike. 
"I suppose nobody would have deemed it an act of 
tyranny for the legislative power of the State to require 
the public to abstain from ordinary secular business on 
the day of the funeral of Lincoln, or Garfield, or McKin- 
ley. This would not be because the State would claim 
the right to compel men to profess to reverence the dead 
President whom they did not reverence, or to pay any 
hypocritical tribute to his memory. But the right of 
the citizens in general to pay such a tribute cannot be 
exercised while secular business is going on, and it is 
a reasonable use of ihe authority of the State to require 
men to desist from ordinary business. 
"The factory bell and the steam whistle mtist be silent 
during the hours of the night. The trade procession or 
the torchlight procession shall not be allowed to pass my 
home at midnight. The trip hammer may properly be 
compelled to cease its din in the neighboring factory, 
that my family may sleep. The lot which is vacant next 
to that whereon I dwelj shall not be used by its pro- 
prietor for boisterous games at unreasonable hours. The 
State has the right to compel the citizen, within reason- 
able limits, to respect the holidaye of a majority of the 
citizens, and it may require a like respect for the holy 
days, whether other men consider their observation a 
religious duty or not, I consider it a religious duty, and 
also a necessity of my spiritual, moral, and indeed, my 
physical nature. 
"I do not therefore undertake, in advocating moderate 
and reasonable Sunday laws, to pxtt any restraint upon 
the conscience of my neighbor or compel him to any 
religious observance which his own conscience does not 
demand of him. I do not enter into the question of 
whether the Fourth Connnandment was a Divine com- 
mandment at all, whether it was for Jews alone, or 
whether it relates to the seventh or the first day of the 
week. I concede that the legislative power of the State 
has no right to be discussing such questions or acting 
upon such reasons. But I think the State may secure 
for its citizens reasonable periods of rest, and reasonable 
opportunity for worship, religious meditation and re- 
ligious instruction, which, if desired by a large enough 
body of citizens, may be secure from interruption by the 
I proliibition of secular business." 
Montreal Spoirtsmen* 
Montreal, Que., Nov. 6. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
While things are done in a quiet way here in this Canadian 
metropolis in the fishing and game shooting line, there is 
probably a greater number here who indulge in these 
sports, than in Greater New York with its millions of in- 
habitants. In the early part of the .season the railway 
trains running back into the Laurentian country _ are 
• crowded with devotees of the rod and line. Now it is 
deer, duck and ruffed grouse shooting. Saturday morn- 
ing. Nov. 2, there were seventy-two deer shipped from 
one station north of this city. It-was the end of the dog- 
ging season. A few more years of this kind of work and 
our deer will be I'ke the buffalo— a thing of the past. 
In September quite a number of both woodcock and 
grouse are shot on this island oh grounds that are easily 
reached by the street car lines— in fact, the largest wood- 
cock that we have ever bagged 'were, found but a short 
distance from the city limits. Some good bags of black 
and wood ducks have been made, but the weather has 
been too fine to get satisfactory sport with the migratory 
duck — bluebill and redhead. A few canvasback have been 
shot in this vicinity; they are a- rare duck here; now and 
then one is found among their cousins, the redheads. 
Nov. 16. — For the past week Ave have been in the midst 
of a howling snow storm, which will make it, or, rather, 
makes it, great still-hunting weather. Every north- 
bound train is taking several or more of the boys back to 
their favorite haunts. Woe be to any stray, half-starved 
hound that they find rimning loose through the woods 
after deer. 
It may interest some of your readers to know that the 
city of Sherbrooke, Que., stands on the ground where 
Major Rogers' Rangers ambushed the French and In- 
dians, "more Indians than French," as mentioned in 
Robinson's historical story, 'Tn^the Ranger Service." 
Stanstead. 
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