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had been made by two Englishmen, Warburton 

 Pike and Henry Toke Munn. Mr. Pike (a hunter 

 of experience whose book, "Barren Ground of 

 Northern Canada," published in 1892, still stands 

 as one of the most interesting and faithful con- 

 tributions to the literature of sport and adven- 

 ture) spent the better part of two years in this 

 country, and made several summer and autumn 

 trips into the Barren Grounds. He made one 

 summer trip solely for the purpose of killing and 

 cacheing caribou, which he might draw upon in 

 the next autumn musk-ox hunt when the caribou 

 were scarce. Yet, notwithstanding all this prepa- 

 ration, he had a very hard time of it in the autumn 

 hunt and was unable to accomplish all that he 

 set out to do. He did get, however, the musk-ox 

 he went after. On Munn's autumn trip, although 

 there were yet to be had some fish in the lakes, 

 he and his party and their dogs had a starving 

 time of it indeed. I particularize these two trips 

 to instance the difficulties of hunting in the 

 Barren Grounds, even when the conditions are 

 the most favorable that may be had. 



The Indians time their hunting trips into the 

 Barren Grounds by the movement of the caribou, 

 in the early summer, about May, when the caribou 



