appeared completely from sight. Fear-1 
ing the worst, I nevertheless rushed 
out toward the spot, clinging desper¬ 
ately to the pole. By this time Wells 
rose to the surface in a tangle of grass 
and reeds. I shoved the pole out to 
him and he grabbed it not a second too 
soon. We got out all right, but, be¬ 
lieve me, we were a sober pair for a 
while. 
Continuing on around the lake we 
came to the outlet. Here the ground 
was considerably firmer owing to the 
steady drain of the little stream. By 
this time it was growing late, so we 
hurriedly set a few traps along the 
shore and three or four on a floating 
log and hastened back toward camp. 
The next morning we had a dozen 
rats ar.d for three days made a fair 
catch at this lake. The larger and 
third lake in the chain had very few 
muskrats on it and we did not bother 
trapping them. 
By this time we had pretty well 
cleaned up the ’rats, as they were far 
from being plentiful, so we decided to 
take another move southwest and then 
return by rafting down the Athabasca 
to the cabin at the mouth of Lynx 
Creek. We hit the river at a point 
about half way between the Athabasca 
Crossing and Medicine Lodge, follow¬ 
ing down another creek from the trail 
to the river. Here we camped for an¬ 
other night or so, and while here I had 
the good luck to shoot an otter. 
We were sitting near the bank of 
the river at a point where in high 
water the stream split up on an island. 
At that time the water in one channel 
was stagnant and a family of beavers 
had wintered there. They had evi¬ 
dently pulled out for an exploring trip 
on the river as we saw no sign of them 
duiing the two nights that we watched 
there. This evening I happened to 
glance downstream and saw an animal 
half wading and half swimming in the 
shallow water rounding a point and 
coming toward me. At first I thought 
it a beaver, but as the creature drew 
steadily nearer I saw that it was a big 
otter. Just as I was about to pul 
ti iggei he dived near the old beaver 
house and I naturally thought that 
was the last of him, as far as I was 
concerned. Some minutes passed; I 
was about to give up and call to Wells, 
who was some distance below me. 
Suddenly a dark head appeared on 
the surface of the water in the back 
channel, not more than forty feet be¬ 
low me. Cautiously I drew my rifle 
into line and at the report of the gun 
Mr. Otter gave a mighty splash and 
disappeared. But I knew that I had 
hit him, and sure enough, in a few 
seconds he floated quietly to the sur¬ 
face. He was a big fellow and helped 
considerably to increase (he value of 
our catch. 
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