lowed speedily as possible. After several hours of hard go¬ 
ing we came up to them, and, finding several promising heads 
in the bunch, I shot two—one at two hundred paces, and 
the other at two hundred and forty. Little also killed a very 
fine head as they broke and passed, on the right of us. 
Little spying a herd about two miles distant, and having 
but one more caribou on my license, I resolved to see if I 
could not get another good bull, thus completing my limit 
the same day. The ground being very favorable for a stalk, 
was able to approach within good shooting distance of the 
very best bull in the herd, and brought him to bag with a 
shot in the neck. He is by far the best specimen secured 
to date. 
It is safe to say that, without exaggeration, we have seen 
between three and five hundred caribou during the day’s hunt. 
While lying concealed this afternoon spying for a good male 
in the first herd, we saw about twelve cows cross a frozen 
lake, about two acres in size, followed by a bull. The cows 
passed safely; but the bull, when about half way over, fell 
through. He struggled along for at least fifteen minutes, 
breaking the ice, and, at times, apparently giving up; then 
fighting again with renewed strength, until he managed to 
reach shore at last. It was a most interesting sight, this! 
To-day has been one of rest for our pedal extremities, if Sept. 25th 
not for the manual. All hands were set to work skinning, and 
cleaning the head skins. Some time was also spent playing 
piquet. Taken as a whole, it was a pleasant day, giving 
strength for the work to come. 
Late this afternoon one of the Indians went out with a 
horse to bring in some caribou meat. 
As Little is going out to-morrow to secure a good caribou 
head for himself, I shall put in the remaining time in quest 
of moose—my “hoodoo” game to date. 
As I finish writing, clouds, which have been threatening 
since noon, have come together and a fine snow-fall has 
set in. 
The storm has continued all night, the ground is covered 
with about six inches of snow, and more is still falling. Nat- sept. 26th 
urally we have been snowbound, it being impossible to see 
any farther than a few yards. Our time has been spent about 
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