260 RECENT HUNTING TRIPS. 



We stowed all the provisions we left behind 

 in hags, which we suspended from the branches 

 of trees with onr towing rope, so that no prowl- 

 ing bear could get at them. 



During our first day's walk along the river 

 we saw several caribou but no big stag. These 

 caribou were all curiously tame. Two of them 

 allowed us to walk along one side of the river, 

 whilst they kept pace with us on the other, and 

 less than one hundred yards away from us, for 

 more than a mile, when they at last turned into 

 the forest. As the wind was blowing down 

 stream they did not scent us, and I imagine 

 they had never before seen human beings. 



In the afternoon we reached the entrance to 

 a canyon, where the river is confined to a 

 narrow channel running between rocky bluft's. 

 We experienced a great deal of trouble follow- 

 ing the river along this part of its course, 

 hampered as we were with our packs, and also 

 found it very difficult to reach a place where it 

 was possible to camp. Finally we made a bad 

 camp just at dark. Late in the evening we 

 passed a young caribou stag. 



