24 RECENT HUNTING TRIPS. 



CHAPTEE VII. 



A JOUENEY TO KING GEOEGE'S LAKE, 

 NEWFOUNDLAND. 



King George's Lake — Discovered and named by 

 Cormack — Subsequently only visited by Mr. Howley — 

 AiTival at Millertown— Kindness of Mr. Beeton — 

 Joseph Geange and Samuel Smart — Lloyd's Eiver 

 — First caribou shot — Hungry hunters — Slow pro- 

 gress — Tameness of caribou — Bad weather — Caribou 

 near King George's Lake — Stag shot — Continuous 

 rain — Soaked condition of the country — Travelling 

 over the bogs — Visit an unnamed lake — Numbers of 

 caribou — Eeturn to main camp on the river — Another 

 stag shot — Caribou on migration — Hmiting spoilt 

 by continuous rain — Start down stream — Sailing 

 down Lloyd's Lake — Caribou swimming — Wonderful 

 buoyancy — Hunting near Mount Eamsay — Niunbers 

 of caribou on migration — Eetm-n to river — Eeach 

 Eed Indian Lake — Ai-rive at MiUertown — More bad 

 weather — End of the trip. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



HUNTING ON THE SOUTH FOEK OF THE 

 MACMILLAN EIVEE. 



Start once more for the Yukon — Arrive at Skagway 

 — Start from Whitehorse — A long canoe journey — 

 Charles Coghlan and Ehoderick Thomas — Lake 



