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lay just below us along its shore. There were 

 from ten to twenty-five animals in each herd, 

 two of which were within a few hundred yards 

 of us, and the furthest not more than a mile 

 away. With my glasses I could make out 

 that there was one big stag with each herd, 

 and the two nearest which I could see clearly 

 with the naked eye, both looked fairly good 

 ones. As, however, both my men were carry- 

 ing a caribou head on the top of their packs 

 I had determined not to shoot another stag 

 until I had got these two to the point on the 

 river where we had left the canoe. 



It was late that evening before we got our 

 camp pitched on a small hillock covered with 

 pine and birch trees, close to the lake-shore, 

 and by that time the sky had once more clouded 

 over, although the two hours before sunset had 

 been quite bright and fine. 



During the night rain again commenced to 

 fall and the weather became very rough, nor 

 did it cease to rain, except for short intervals, 

 until the morning of October 22nd, when it 

 commenced to snow. Before turning in, Smart 



