. Rod and gun. the bush,—thewolves had killed them all. Amongstthe does I noticed that three of them had LA FLECHE. PICTURE TAKEN AFTER THEFOUR OLD AND FOUR YOUNG HOUNDS. had young but having lost them early theyhad become dry Below I give a correct statement of thenumber of deer killed each season from1900 to 1905 on that reserve: Year. Deer Bucks. Does. 1900 11 7 1901 14 9 5 1902 16 10 6 1903 19 9 10 1904 22 14 8190r) 7 :5 4 I should now like to revert to the huntof 1904. In that year one of our Amer-ican visitors shot two deer in one day andhung them in the bush about four and ahalf miles
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. Rod and gun. the bush, —thewolves had killed them all. Amongstthe does I noticed that three of them had LA FLECHE. PICTURE TAKEN AFTER THEFOUR OLD AND FOUR YOUNG HOUNDS. had young but having lost them early theyhad become dry Below I give a correct statement of thenumber of deer killed each season from1900 to 1905 on that reserve: Year. Deer Bucks. Does. 1900 11 7 1901 14 9 5 1902 16 10 6 1903 19 9 10 1904 22 14 8190r) 7 :5 4 I should now like to revert to the huntof 1904. In that year one of our Amer-ican visitors shot two deer in one day andhung them in the bush about four and ahalf miles from the camp. Happeningto be near the place a day or two after-wards he visited the deer and found bothpulled down and one missing. When hereturned to camp that evening he did notfeel quite so good as he did on the dayhe killed the deer, and when I reachedthe camp he at once came to me with hisgrievance. I questioned him as to signshe had seen which would identify themarauders and he replied that there were. TOWING DEKK TO CAMP ON THE EAKLV SNOW t lO many leaves on the ground to seesigns. 1 asked if both deer were hang-ing together and he answered that theywere and that it was the smallest onewhich had gone. I then informed himthat from the information he had givenme I was sure I knew the fellow who hadstolen his deer, and that his name wasEphraim. Some of the boys wellknew whom I meant, bvit there were afew who did not, and one of our hiredmen in particular was very emphatic thatno man known by that name lived in thetownship. I was perforce compelled togratify his curiosity and give him a de-scription of Mr. Bruin. The next consideration was how wewere to get even with Mr. Bear. Someof the bravest wanted to spend thewhole night watching for him, otherssuggested building a platform in thetrees and shooting him from that posi-tion, while there were those who advo-cated sending some of our men for a beartrap. The gentleman from whom Mr.Bear had so nicely stolen the deer ex- p