. Rod and gun. Crossing White Lake. A l>eer Track WINTER VERSUS SUMMER IN NORTHERN ONTARIO 567 The going is a bit heavy, for herethe snow hcs several feet deep, andsome days have elapsed since the lastperson went in. Here and there across the trailcrossing and recrossing one anotherare the fresh tracks in the snow ofdeer, mink and rabbit. The lastnamed the largest of the lot, for as hejumps through the deep snow healights with his hind legs foremost,making a weird impression in thesnow which might be the track ofsome great beast with a cloven hoofand a spur out behind. We miss the scjuirrel
. Rod and gun. Crossing White Lake. A l>eer Track WINTER VERSUS SUMMER IN NORTHERN ONTARIO 567 The going is a bit heavy, for herethe snow hcs several feet deep, andsome days have elapsed since the lastperson went in. Here and there across the trailcrossing and recrossing one anotherare the fresh tracks in the snow ofdeer, mink and rabbit. The lastnamed the largest of the lot, for as hejumps through the deep snow healights with his hind legs foremost,making a weird impression in thesnow which might be the track ofsome great beast with a cloven hoofand a spur out behind. We miss the scjuirrel to a large ex-tent for he doesnt gad about much inwinter in this locality, as he doesfarther south. Here has gone a mink, and here adeer; no, many deer, and once therethe tracks of these latter are allmixed up around the branches of ayoung balsam or cedar tree. Occasionally one finds the deertracks following the track of a skirunner, or snowshoer, and not viceversa. And often if these humanshad paused and lain low, they mighthave
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