. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. AFLOAT ON A CAKE OF uroiis disposition, no doubt, in some degree influences the geograph- ical distribution of the species. In the month of December, 1877, a caribou was discovered floating out to sea on a cake of ice near Dalhousie, on the Restigouche River in New Brunswick, and was captured alive by some men who put off to him in a boat. It is said that, in very severe seasons, largt? numbers of caribou cross from Labrador to Newfoundlan
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. AFLOAT ON A CAKE OF uroiis disposition, no doubt, in some degree influences the geograph- ical distribution of the species. In the month of December, 1877, a caribou was discovered floating out to sea on a cake of ice near Dalhousie, on the Restigouche River in New Brunswick, and was captured alive by some men who put off to him in a boat. It is said that, in very severe seasons, largt? numbers of caribou cross from Labrador to Newfoundland on the ice. His admirably constructed hoof, with its sharp, shell-like, cutting edges, enables him to cross the icy floes ; when traveling in deep snow, its lateral expansion prevents him from sinking. At one time the Indians were as great adepts at calling the wood- land caribou as they are in the present day in deluding the moose. My Indian friend Sebatis is the only Indian 1 know who can imitate the calls of the caribou, and he has for a long time given up this manner of hunting. He informs me that, from being so much hunted and molested in their haunts, the caribou have become much more timid and wary even during the rutting season, and also seem to be much more critical of the sounds produceil by the birch-bark call, and consequently very seldom respond thereto. The cjuiet gray color of the caribou is well ailapted to conceal his presence from the hunter, and it requires an educated eye to pick out his form on the heathv barren, where evervthing assimilates to him. 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 Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897. New York : Century
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