2 NEWFOUNDLAND CARIBOU 



shooting is allowed. Few animals are more easily seen 

 when conditions are normal, and it is safe to predict that 

 these creatures will continue to be abundant for very 

 many years to come, unless some unforeseen condition 

 arises. 



In the following pages I shall endeavour to give as 

 clear and complete an account of the life of the Caribou as 

 I possibly can. Most of the information has been obtained 

 from personal observation during the nine consecutive 

 seasons I have spent in Newfoundland, much is unfor- 

 tunately lacking, owing to the nature of the country, which 

 permits the wandering animals to frequent regions practically 

 inaccessible to man during certain seasons. The many 

 months spent in the country, nearly always alone, have 

 enabled me to see a good deal of the Caribou and gather 

 some material which will, I trust, prove of interest to 

 the reader appreciative of the habits of wild creatures, 

 be he sportsman, naturalist or traveller, and I sincerely 

 trust that the reading of these pages will give at least a 

 fair conception of the animal's habits, while the photographic 

 illustrations, which have been made frequently under very 

 difficult conditions, will give an accurate idea of the animal's 

 appearance. The hardships endured, the almost endless 

 disappointments and the expense entailed in obtaining this 

 collection of photographs may seem out of all proportion 

 to the results. Yet there has been a certain fascination 

 in the work and I can truthfully say that the pleasure I 

 have derived in overcoming the difficulties has amply repaid 

 me for all the trouble and exposure. Fortunately one 

 forgets discomforts and weariness, while the pleasures that 

 have been experienced grow more and more real as the 

 years go by, and I shall always look back with the keenest 

 delight to the months in Newfoundland when, in the 



