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both. Smart and Geange with me on to the 

 marshes beyond the lakes, as I wanted to bring 

 back a good supply of meat to camp as well as 

 a fine head if I could see a good stag. 



We soon spied a herd of eight caribou coming 

 across the marsh, so leaving my companions 

 in a hollow through which a small stream ran 

 into one of the chain of lakes, I cut across in 

 front of them to see if there was a good stag 

 with them. 



I soon saw that the only male amongst them 

 was not worth shooting, so let them all pass, 

 and was then returning to where I had left 

 Smart and Geange, when I saw another herd 

 coming across the open ground and making 

 straight for where my men were standing, 

 though as they were in the bed of the creek 

 the caribou were still invisible to them. 



The herd numbered ten animals, one of 

 which I could see through my glasses Avas a 

 good-sized stag. They came rapidly across 

 the marsh, sometimes trotting, at others halting 

 to eat a little moss or grass. It was presently 

 evident that they were making exactly for the 



