he prepares to charge his enemy. At such a moment the hunter throws
the shoulder blade into some bushes that may be standing a little way
off, and the enraged bull, hearing this last sound, charges directly
for the spot. Then, as the brute passes broadside, the hunter fires.

"But, my son, to return to caribou hunting, you probably know that
those deer are very fond of open places during sunny weather in winter
time, such places as, for instance, rivers and small lakes where the
wind will not be strong. There they will spend most of the day resting
or playing together in big bands of perhaps fifty or more. Sometimes,
however, when a high wind springs up, they have a curious custom of all
racing round in a circle at high speed. It is a charming sight to
watch them at such sport. Most of their feeding is done right after
sunrise and just before sunset, and at night they always resort to the
woods.

"Then, too, when caribou go out upon a lake they have a habit of lying
down beside the big ridges that rise three or four feet above the rest
of the surface, where the ice has been split apart and then jammed
together again with such power that the edges are forced upward. They
lie down there to avoid the wind while resting in the sun. There the
hunter sometimes digs a trench in the snow and lies in wait for the
unsuspecting deer. When he shoots one, he immediately skins it, but
takes care to leave the head attached to the skin; then ramming a pole
into the head at the neck, he drapes the skin over the pole and getting
down on all fours places the skin over his back and pretends to be a
caribou. Thus he will approach the band, and should he tire of
crawling along on his hands and knees he will even lie down to rest in
sight of the deer, but he always takes care to keep down wind. In such
a guise it is not hard to come within gun-range of the band.