. Rod and gun. viously I had spotted a barrelwhich had been left by a jobber in an oldlog road. When we arrived at the placeI gave it a kick and as it turned over Isaw it was half full of leaves and had thebottom part banged out a little. Thelatter injury I soon remedied with myaxe and finding the slabs and hoops ingood order the barrel proved just what 1wanted. Tying the barrel with my lineI soon had it on my back, when Mr. had watched my proceedings withmuch interest, inquired what 1 meant to do with it. J told him I required it inorder to salt the bear. Enjoying the joke he led the wa
. Rod and gun. viously I had spotted a barrelwhich had been left by a jobber in an oldlog road. When we arrived at the placeI gave it a kick and as it turned over Isaw it was half full of leaves and had thebottom part banged out a little. Thelatter injury I soon remedied with myaxe and finding the slabs and hoops ingood order the barrel proved just what 1wanted. Tying the barrel with my lineI soon had it on my back, when Mr. had watched my proceedings withmuch interest, inquired what 1 meant to do with it. J told him I required it inorder to salt the bear. Enjoying the joke he led the way and Ifollowed with the barrel on my empty it was water soaked andbeing of oak made a good load. It wasalso a troublesome one and portaging itfour miles up and down hills on a rainyday gave me a good time. When we arrived at the place wherethe deer had hung I speedily found signswhich proved to me that Mr. Bear hadbeen the marauder. Goiny furllier on to 430 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN aft ■-: . T-«^^%iL-.^-«<:: --^.*- .* THE TWO BEARS WHICH COMMITTED SUICIDE FOR HAVING STOLENSOME OF OUR DEER. the deer I placed the barrel on its sideand having- fastened it so that it wouldnot turn over I cut off the deers headand after having- smeared the open endof the barrel with all the blood I couldg-et from the deer, I put the head, to-g^ether with the pieces of the inside lin-ing of the deer, in the barrel, and thenportaged the deer to camp. Althoughthis load was much heavier than the bar-rel it went fine and we reached the Camp-just in time for supper. I remembe rit very well in-deed for th a tseason we hadone of the bestcooks I ha V eever met in myhunting expedi-tions. Thiscook was n otonly a first classcook but also agentleman auda very jollygood temperedfellow—in factjust the sort ofman sportsmenlike in a hunt-ing hedid was neatly,q u i c kly andquietly doneand we couldget a meal atall hours. Inthese days menof that stampare not met
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