. Fowls of the air [microform]. Birds; Game and game birds; Oiseaux; Gibier. But I must tell about that elsewhere. I 300 did not find out that day; for the young ^Killooieeh were already good swimmers. I watched the ^^weei" three hours from a good hiding V6ice pl'^ce, and got several glimpses of the mother and the little ones. On the way back I ran into a little bay, where a mother sheldrake was teaching her brood to dive and catch trout. There was also a big frog that always sat in the same place, and that I used to watch. Then I thought of a trap, two miles away, which Simmo had set, an
. Fowls of the air [microform]. Birds; Game and game birds; Oiseaux; Gibier. But I must tell about that elsewhere. I 300 did not find out that day; for the young ^Killooieeh were already good swimmers. I watched the ^^weei" three hours from a good hiding V6ice pl'^ce, and got several glimpses of the mother and the little ones. On the way back I ran into a little bay, where a mother sheldrake was teaching her brood to dive and catch trout. There was also a big frog that always sat in the same place, and that I used to watch. Then I thought of a trap, two miles away, which Simmo had set, and went to see if Nemox, the cunning fisher, who dest-'^vs the sable traps in winter, had been cauj, - at his own game. So it was after- noon, and I was hungry, when I paddled back to camp. It occurred to me suddenly that K'llooleet might be-hungry too; for I had -glected to feed him. He had grown sleek and comfortable of late, and never went insect hunting when he could get cold fried trout and com bread. I landed silently and stole up to the tent to see if he were exploring under the fly, as he sometimes did when I was away. A. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Long, William J. (William Joseph), 1866 or 7-1952. Toronto : Copp, Clark
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