All decided it to be a good enough trophy to take, and I 
shot, killing the animal. 
Almost simultaneously with the crack of the gun, the 
fog lifted,—and we were very much chagrined to find that 
bull killed to be really a rather poor one,—the mist having 
deceived us as to its size;—whereas the bulls originally seen, 
and now scampering off with the rest of the herd, out of 
shooting range, were,—three of them in particular,—very fine. 
Had a long chase in endeavor to head them off, even climb¬ 
ing over a mountain and traveling places so steep that snow 
steps had at times to be cut, in order to get foot hold and 
hand hold; but Nature, together with the fog and wind, 
seemed to have entered into conspiracy, to make all our ef¬ 
forts fruitless. All in all, it was a most unsatisfactory day, 
but not devoid of some enjoyable features, withal. 
Out from 7.30 to 6.15; a long day and a hard one, over 
Sept. 24th mountains and through heavy snow; yet we were so richly 
rewarded that, upon reaching camp with our trophies this 
evening, all hardships had been forgotten and only the suc¬ 
cesses of the day remained uppermost in our minds. 
We had risen early,—stiff and sore in every joint. Re¬ 
ceived little sympathy from the Indians, who thought our 
discomfiture a huge joke! 
About five miles from camp we saw a herd of caribou, 
and this we proceeded to stalk. Went up a corrie, burning 
grass ahead of us, in order to do away with the taint in the 
wind. I am told by the Indians that caribou and sheep are 
the only animals who do not fear the odor of smoke, and who, 
therefore, can be approached-—down wind, by grass being 
burned ahead of the stalkers. From personal observation, I 
now believe this to be true. Strange to say, there were so 
many caribou around that the only protection to be found 
was this single corrie, and even here the wind blew directly 
toward some bulls which we had observed and of which we 
wished a closer view. 
Upon closer observation these heads proved disappoint¬ 
ing. The caribou round about were by this time becoming 
uneasy, and began to move off, over the mountain. 
Later we marked another herd with good heads, and, al¬ 
lowing it to disappear over the crest of the mountain, fol- 
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