It is rather hard luck that we should have failed to catch sight 
even of any of these beasts, since we have come across any 
number of fresh tracks and signs, right along the trail. 
Broke camp at 9.30 and made to the site of our cache, 
Oct. 5th where, on adding our goat and sheep horns, as well as our 
additional provisions to the store, packs had to be remade. 
Had lunch before starting out. 
Soft snow began falling about noon and continued almost 
two hours, making the going most disagreeable. 
This afternoon marched about two hours only, camp be¬ 
ing made in a piece of country supposed to be good for moose¬ 
hunting. 
John and I left camp early and spent the day after moose, 
Oct. 6 th returning about 5 P. M., empty-handed. Saw but one bull,— 
and this at perhaps two hundred yards. On his lifting his 
head, we found him no better than the last moose shot, so 
contented ourselves with watching his movements. We are 
disappointed in having seen small heads alone, it being quite 
as easy to kill a moose of large head as of small. What is 
more, speaking paradoxically, “one has nothing of the latter, 
after once he has it.” 
Little spent the morning in camp, drying skins, as well as 
hauling in wood with Cory, the saddle-horse. 
A wet snow fell last night, followed by thaw, and then, 
Oct. 7th this morning by rain. This kept us closely confined to camp 
and knocked any possibility of moose to-day. As to-morrow 
is our last day’s hunt, before “trekking” into Telegraph Creek, 
chances are slim for improvement on the moose secured, and, 
since I hate to waste anything which I have killed, I suppose 
I shall have to hang him,—with a letter of apology to his neck! 
Rose at daybreak, in anticipation of a good long day after 
Oct. 8 th moose, but a slight drizzle and a heavy pall of fog enveloped 
both valley and mountain tops, making a hunt impossible, ut¬ 
terly. Waited hour after hour for the storm to break, until 
II o’clock coming and the atmosphere failing to clear, we de¬ 
cided to send out for the horses. After a hasty lunch we 
broke camp,—moving toward Telegraph Creek by noon. 
Now that we have decided to give up further idea of hunt¬ 
ing, all hands are keen on reaching civilization again. 
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