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poling irons, four dozen No. 1 traps, half dozen 

 No. 3 and a quarter dozen No. 5 bear had to be 

 added to the load, bringing the total weight 

 approximately up to seven hundred and fifty 

 pounds. 



Even when a canoe is loaded and, at times, 

 overloaded, yet there are a number of incident- 

 als that have to be taken along, things that 

 weigh and are bulky, yet are not considered in 

 the estimate. For illustration these men had 

 yet to load a pair and a half of blankets, two 

 pairs snowshoes, a bag of extra moccasins, 

 socks, duffle, warm underclothes, extra trousers, 

 coats, mits and a hundred and one other things 

 which men penetrating the wilderness for sev- 

 eral months may require. 



In an expedition like this one must not think 

 only of things necessary, but also things that 

 may be required when a man is two or three 

 hundred miles away from civilization and cuts 

 his leg. He has no drug store to get plaster 

 from. A full list of all a couple of prudent men 

 have to take with them is quite interesting. 



To resume, these men left on the 10th of 

 October and got back to the coast (on foot) the 

 12th of January, being absent almost exactly 3 

 months. They cached their traps, canoe and 

 surplus things inland ready for the spring hunt. 



After spending a fortnight with their fam- 



