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station, and got away the same evening in the 

 slow or " accommodation " train. In addition to 

 the provisions and cooking gear, which I bought 

 locally, I carried with me a light waterproof 

 tarpaulin, ten feet by fourteen feet and weigh- 

 ing seventeen pounds, a sixteen-foot Canadian 

 basswood canoe, and an American collapsible 

 canoe. Both these canoes did me yeoman's 

 service, and without them I could not possibly 

 have reached the country in which I wished to 

 hunt. 



A tarpaulin, in a country like Newfoundland, 

 where forests of spruce and birch everywhere 

 abound, I consider preferable in every way to 

 a tent, especially in the matter of weight and 

 portability. A lean-to made of light saplings, 

 resting on a cross-pole fixed on two convenient 

 trees, can always be put up in a few minutes, 

 and over this framework the tarpaulin is 

 stretched. A fire — as large or as small as 

 you like — is lighted in front, which keeps the 

 interior of the bivouac warm and dry, green 

 spruce boughs are cut to lie on, and there is 

 plenty of room, not only for several men, but 



