Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 139 June to November 1919 . long as they are not able to smell saw me plainly, of course, just asthey saw all the rest of the scenery, buttheir intelligence was not equal to realiz-ing that I was something quite differentfrom the other things they saw. About this time, when the lakes arefreezing all around, the lake ice and,even the ground itself, keeps crackingwith a loud, explosive noise, so cariboufrequently seem to take rifle-shots forthe cracking of ice and are not took pains to see that my first shotsespecially should be of the rig
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 139 June to November 1919 . long as they are not able to smell saw me plainly, of course, just asthey saw all the rest of the scenery, buttheir intelligence was not equal to realiz-ing that I was something quite differentfrom the other things they saw. About this time, when the lakes arefreezing all around, the lake ice and,even the ground itself, keeps crackingwith a loud, explosive noise, so cariboufrequently seem to take rifle-shots forthe cracking of ice and are not took pains to see that my first shotsespecially should be of the right a situation like this the brain orspine is the best place to hit, for ifthe animal drops stone dead the herdis not inclined to be frightened. Whatyou must guard against is a woundthrough or near the heart, for an animalshot that way will commonly startle theherd by making a sprint of fifty to twohundred yards at top speed and thendropping, turning a somersault in fall-ing. But he will always run in the direc-tion he is facing when shot, so that you. THE FIRST TIER COMPLETED SOLVING THE PROBLEM OE THE ARCTIC 197 can control his movements by waitinguntil he is facing in a suitable an animal is frightened he willrun toward the center of the band, andif he is already in the middle of the bandwill probably not run at all, at least forthe moment. But caribou shot throughthe body back of the diaphragm willusually stand still where they are, or,after running half a dozen yards, liedown quietly as they would when wellfed and inclined to rest. I therefore nowdid a thing that may seem cruel, butwhich is necessary in our work; I shottwo or three animals through the body,and they lay quietly down. The noise ofthe shots had attracted the attention ofthe herd, but had not frightened them, be-cause they were so used to the crackingof ice. Furthermore, the sight of ananimal quietly lying down is conclusivewith caribou and allays their fear fromalmost any source. I was
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