52 JOURNEY TO THE SHOUES 



during the night as to resemble thunder, and the 

 wolves howled round us. We were now at the 

 commencement of the woods, and at an early 

 hour, on the 21st, continued our journey over high 

 hills for three miles, when the appearance of 

 some deer caused us to halt, and nearly the re- 

 mainder of the day was passed in hunting them. 

 In the evening we stopped within sight of Pros- 

 pect Hill, after having killed and concealed six 

 deer. A considerable quantity of snow feU during 

 the night. 



" The surrounding country was extremely rug- 

 ged ; the hills divided by deep ravines, and the val- 

 leys covered with broken masses of rocks and 

 stones ; yet the deer fly (as it were,) over these im- 

 pediments with apparent ease, seldom making a 

 false step, and springing from crag to crag with aU 

 the safety of the mountain goat. After passmg 

 Rem-Deer Lake, (where the ice was so thin as to 

 bend at every step for nine miles,) we halted, per- 

 fectly satisfied with our escape from sinking into 

 the water. While some of the party were forming 

 the encampment one of the hunters killed a deer, 

 apart of which was concealed to be ready for 

 use on our return. This evening we halted in a 

 w^d near the canoe track, after having travelled a 

 ir/iT"'"- T^^--dwasS.E.and 

 the mght cloudy, with wind and rain. 



