MIGRATING CARIBOU. 281 



He was a fine specimen of a Newfoundland 

 caribou, standing fifty-two and a half inches at 

 the shoulder, and in fine coat, so as it was so 

 near our camp on the river I preserved his skin 

 entire, and getting it home in good condition, 

 was finally able to add it to the zoological col- 

 lection in the Natural History Museum, at South 

 Kensington. 



After we had pitched camp, and whilst I was 

 busy cleaning the skin of the stag just shot, 

 herd after herd of caribou passed the end of 

 the lake in full view from where we were 

 sitting. These herds were all small, consisting 

 of from three or four to ten animals. They 

 were all following the same trail, and were 

 evidently migrating from the north-east to the 

 south-west. Although they kept stopping to 

 feed they travelled fast, often trotting as if 

 alarmed. 



The behaviour of these migrating caribou — 

 many more of which I saw a little later on — 

 was altogether in very marked contrast to that 

 of their near neighbours to the south of the 

 river, near King George's Lake, which we had 



