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about a mile in breadth, and Red Lidian Lake, 

 which is some five miles across, in great num- 

 bers, and later on I had the pleasure of watch- 

 ing several bands swimming swiftly and easily 

 across both these sheets of water. 



Just before reaching Lloyd's Lake I picked 

 up a little auk, which could onlj^ have been 

 dead a few hours. It had doubtless been blown in 

 from the sea, and had perished from exhaustion 

 and hunger. 



We had scarcely emerged from the swift- 

 flowing river into the smooth waters of the lake, 

 when I made out a caribou crossing a small 

 marsh about half a mile ahead. On approach- 

 ing closer it seemed, although a large animal, 

 to be hornless, and we thought it was a doe ; 

 but whatever it was I determined to shoot it if 

 possible, as we were very meat-hungry, having 

 had nothing but bacon to eat since leaving 

 Miller town. 



As we approached nearer to the unsuspicious 

 animal, which never seemed to notice the 

 canoe gliding silently but swiftly towards it, I 

 saw that it had small horns. 



