110 RECENT HUNTING TRIPS. 



caused a great deal of irritation which took a 

 long time to subside. 



On September 12th Saunders and WeUs had 

 a very hard day hauling the canoes through 

 innumerable rapids, or " rattles," as they called 

 them, and our progress was necessarily very 

 slow. As I could do little or nothing to help 

 my men I went on ahead along the bank of the 

 river in the hope of seeing caribou, but did not 

 come across any. Just at dusk the canoes 

 reached the foot of a very beautiful though 

 nameless waterfall, and here we camped for the 

 night. 



The first thing to be done the next morning- 

 was to cut a trail through thick spruce forest, 

 round the falls, and past the rapids above 

 them. When this was accomplished we had to 

 carry the canoes, as well as all our stores and 

 camp equipment, along the path we had cut. 

 This we did in three trips, and before midday 

 had the two canoes once more afloat and aU 

 ready loaded for a fresh start. 



From this point another two miles or so of 

 hauling through a succession of small, shallow 



