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at present Imnting, and where there would 

 be a good chance of finding caribou. 



I at once made up my mind to try this new 

 field, as I was heartily sick of the neighbourhood 

 of the railway. We got on board the train the 

 same night, and reached Terra Nova station at 

 11 a.m. on the morning of the 1st of November. 

 For this excursion I engaged Saunders and 

 Stroud's son, in addition to the guide and the 

 cook. 



On leaving the train we lost no time in 

 packing our traps on board a heavy row-boat, 

 and forthwith made a start up the lake. The 

 day was cold with a strong wind blowing, which 

 presently knocked up such a sea that we were 

 obliged to take shelter early in the afternoon 

 behind a projecting headland and lie there for 

 the rest of the day. 



On the following morning the water of the 

 lake was comparatively calm, as the wind had 

 gone down during the night, so we lost no time 

 in getting on the move. Stroud and I left the 

 boat to proceed along the right-hand shore of 

 the lake and up the St. George's River to an 



