New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

fui horizon with dread. The alarmed sa,,
ing Of that duck seemed to accentn..o "1
stiffness, and peculiarly enough + y, ae
stirred in me the embers Of the alarm, I ~.
felt far back down the years when -aa
youngster Of five / saw that first had g..
fire. / wondered if it was sensible =. sa
go hunting the fires now, and resolved
to push the subject. w
When l raised my eyes from the botto.
the canoe | saw the deer, doe !, Ia VI
red coat, fifty yards away, on tho .lt eA
watching u.s. Nearer we crept. neor.~
nearer, and, oh, so stealthiIy. suddarlu s :,
canoes vibrated, and I knew Scbaefos s".
stood up in response to nudge from, F,n.' u
simultaneously the does flag went nv w.
she bounded away. The camera hao.. N'.i
whir Sangster kicked out with all fonr :. ="
and began to turn loose his pentun enoo.: ;sss
IN instructions to Schaefer and the guiss.
who paid no attention, and the little A.
oohglngly leaped this way and that, to rob.
and left, as she made off to the woods = sA'
furry Of curiosity and alarm. II was 49,,
ing good stalk and entirely TO the crsd;. =.
the Couchai brothers. V
In the morning at O'Clock John anror...,
that there was moose in the lata N
hustled out quickly and quietly The sr;no,
had been left in the canoes overnight and H.
camera was soon screwed upon it. Tben =.
showed Oft. Our moose, a young bull w..
far out in the shadows of the lake. li+sr.rs
up to his neck in the water and no donht ~.
beginning his breakfast. There was ba.N~
so much as a whisp of mist on the u....
Smoke there was, however, more than ~.
day before. We made a very s,,ccs,.f,,
stalk, and it was followed by the finest k;rs
OF run for the shore, with the moose swim.
ming his best, the canoes close beside him
and the camera registering his efforts IN o.
cape. We headed him OF from the sbor. T..
little, to get more film, but we did not touch
him. 1t would have been easy to iumn m i.
back, rope him or hit him with a paddle. bp,
moose that is badly scared may run tssIs
to death and we wanted nothing like that "a
happen.
This gave US zest for more pictures. ans
after an early breakfast we hurried off 10 tbs
mouth of the Montbray River. This is
stream of remarkable beauty, sometimes wind.
ing through marshes, but for the most mart
grit with low, rocky, well forested shores Of
unending charm. The tree growth of all This
country surprises people who have never been
there, being much less artic in character than
tales Of the North have led them to eyuect
There are indeed great many experiencedbip
game hunters whose experince has been con.
fined to New Brunswick and Quebec south Of
the st. Lawrence, who have the erroneous onin.
ION that everything north of the Height Of
Land Is the Land of Little Sticks" It amazes
such men to see the wealth Of sturdy birch and
popular that grows in the Abiti5 country,
along with the tamarack, spruce and cedar.
after they have for years believed there was
nothing there but stunted spruce and poplar
and birch scrub. 1t also surprises them to
see how bold the country is toward the Height
OF Land-plenty Of high ridges hills that are
almost mountains, rocky bluffs on the lake
shores, hundreds Of bold and beautiful rocky
islands IN the lakes, all we'll forested.
The abundance of bird life is also surpris-
ing. The morning chorus of the songsters in
June had enough volume to deceive any one
not bird student as to his whereabouts upon
awakening. Red-winged blackbrds were abun-
dant along the rivers, and the catbird was on
hand every evening with his full repertoire.
Grosbeaks were nearly always about The bird
song that dominated all others however. was
the ethereal piping of the white-throated spar
row, or Canada bird. We made great morn
ing of it on the river. With our backs to the
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