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A Unique Wild-Life Incident 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
| AM enclosing herewith a photograph 
of a very unique incident that hap- 
pened on Lake Tagish, which is in 
Northwestern British Columbia, on the 
line of the White Pass & Yukon Route. 
This lake is part of the waterway into 
the mining camp and tourist resort of 
Atlin, B. C., and is traversed by our 
Stern Wheel Steamer “Tutshi.” 
It is quite common on trips of the 
“Tutshi” to see both bear and moose 
either along the shores or swimming 
the lake. In this particular instance, 
the cow and calf depicted in the pic- 
ture were sighted swimming across the 
lake, and the steamer’s course was set 
to pass close by to give the tourists a 
good view of the animals in their primi- 
tive state. As the boat approached, 
the moose became frightened and start- 
ed for the nearest shore. The cow be- 
gan to outdistance the calf; and the 
calf, seeing it was being left, began 
to bawl, as is the habit of a calf; at 
which the cow turned around, came 
back to where the calf was, and swing- 
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ing around in front of the calf, the calf 
climbed up with its front feet on to 
the cow’s back; and the camera has 
caught them in that position, just as 
they started away again for the shore. 
Feeling that this was a unique pic- 
ture, we thought that it would be in- 
teresting to your readers, and for that 
reason sent it to you. 
J. G. BLANCHARD, 
Gen’l Passenger Agent, 
White Pass & Yukon Route. 
Dr. Quackenbos Upheld 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
I HAVE read with interest Dr. John 
D. Quackenbos’ letter in a recent 
issue of FOREST AND STREAM and can 
well believe the story he relates. Some 
years ago while fishing for mascalonge 
(called jack here) with a live minnow, 
line tied to a stiff pole and longer than 
the pole, I hooked a muskie, but on 
account of the length of the line was 
handicapped. I tried to lift the fish 
over some grape vines and in the at- 
tempt, a vine became entangled and the 
fish broke loose. 



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A friend not far away gave me an- 
other minnow and again I cast into 
the pool. Inside of fifteen minutes the 
fish struck again so I called my friend, 
who stepped down, reached out and got 
hold of the line and lifted the muskie 
over the vines onto dry land. I found 
that on the first occasion I had hooked 
the fish high up in the side of its 
mouth and the hook tore a gash fully 
two or three inches long, yet he came 
again 
This same friend and a brother of 
mine were fishing for brook trout with 
worms. My brother had a strike and 
lifted a brook trout out of the water, 
but it fell back; then it struck my 
friend’s hook, but the line broke, leav- 
ing the hook in the base of the trout’s 
tongue. My friend came to me for an- 
other hook and soon was followed by 
my brother with the trout. My friend’s 
hook was cut out with a pocket knife. 
My brother’s hook, on the first strike, 
had split the trout’s mouth completely 
open on one side. 
ERNEST L. EwBANk, 
Hendersonville, N. C. 

Calf moose resting on cow's back, Northwestern British Columbia. 
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