Hunting In Many Lands 



nearly level country traversed by rocky, mossv 

 covered and roughly parallel ridges. There is 

 more or less timber on these ridges, and in the 

 so-called muskegs between them. This is the 

 country which the caribou seem to prefer. 



After about two weeks' hard traveling, we 

 reached the country which had been recom- 

 mended to us and came upon great abundance 

 of caribou sign. In fact, there were millions 

 of tracks, but, curiously enough, no caribou 

 were to be seen. We afterward found that 

 they had been driven out by a lot of wolves, 

 which probably had followed them down from 

 the north. While this explanation was inter- 

 esting, it was not productive of any great 

 amount of satisfaction to the party, for we had 

 been counting definitely upon fresh meat, and 

 so had our dogs. At least, after doing the ter- 

 rific work necessary to make this journey, it is 

 fair to presume that they had counted upon 

 being fed, and not being left to starve miser- 

 ably while tied to a tree. 



To add to our hardships, our Indian te- 

 pee, made of canvas, began to smoke so ex- 

 cessively as to cause us the greatest discom- 

 fort, and we all thought we had pneumonia; 

 but afterward concluded it was nothing but 



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