. Rod and gun. eactually smooth fnun the Ix-aix clindiing up and down. How-ever, here we wen, and here we intended to stay for the was plenty of dry wood about, enabling us to nniko a lire,which we kniW would not attract the bears eviU if it did not Rod and Gun in Canada friglitvii lluiiL. Wc built a liiv anniiul us, leaving the wakTside clear, ami lay down in our blankets with our rities besideus ; but, strange to say, while the presence of bears was soclearly indicated, not a siftn of one was seen. Some thirtymiles or more down the river our maps showed a place calledGrizzlv Bear
. Rod and gun. eactually smooth fnun the Ix-aix clindiing up and down. How-ever, here we wen, and here we intended to stay for the was plenty of dry wood about, enabling us to nniko a lire,which we kniW would not attract the bears eviU if it did not Rod and Gun in Canada friglitvii lluiiL. Wc built a liiv anniiul us, leaving the wakTside clear, ami lay down in our blankets with our rities besideus ; but, strange to say, while the presence of bears was soclearly indicated, not a siftn of one was seen. Some thirtymiles or more down the river our maps showed a place calledGrizzlv Bear Coulee, and our minds were filled with thuusrhtsof grizzlv bears. We would not have been much frijrhtenedby a black bear or two, but the grizzlies we did not care tomeet. .; no tent had been pitched, we were able to make anunusually early start the following morning. But alas . for ourrapid progress of yesterday, the straight river course was at anend. It again took to winding back and forward through the. Lake, Di:vii,s IIiver, QLEiiia. This small lake is iu the centre of a very good game countrj-,—deer, ruffed grouse and duck beingnore than usually abundant. In the lake itself there are some very large pike. as heartily as we cotiM off any other meat than jwrk, and wewere tired out and ready for dinner long before noon came;so, for this , I always kept a stock of pork on hand. The only beavers that were seen on this ji itirney were foundhere. They were busily engaged in building their houses ofsticks and mud. And strong, indeed, their houses are. Fre-quently in other parts of the country tlie writer has met withthese industrious little animals, and found their houses sostrongly built that they would bear the weight of several one occasion, with two half breeds Indians, I made an effortto see inside of one of these houses by cutting through the kue the houses to contain beaver, for they had been seenswimming in the water, and had dived as
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