Believing that the animal would not travel for any great distance in the deep snow, he swiftly took up the trail.

Half a mile farther on he stopped abruptly with a grunt of unbounded surprise.

Another hunter had taken up the trail! With increased caution Mukoki now advanced.

Two hundred feet more and a second pair of moccasined feet joined in the pursuit, and a little later still a third! Led on by curiosity more than by the hope of securing a partnership share in the quarry, the Indian slipped silently and swiftly through the forest.

As he emerged from a dense growth of spruce through which the tracks led him Mukoki was treated to another surprise by almost stumbling over the carcass of the deer he had been following.