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to them the plan which was finally adopted, and designated 

 by us as a reconnoissance. 



This plan, as adopted, required the consideration of 

 two very important subjects. It had been determined that 

 the reconnoissance should include the making of a circuit 

 of eighty or one hundred miles. The performance of this 

 task would require about four or five days. We have 

 already considered some of the questions pertaining to 

 the locality of the hunt, and have finally determined that 

 our circuit shall embrace the ground which has already 

 been so successfully hunted over by the captain and his 

 brother. 



The next important question demanding our consider- 

 ation is. Where shall we abandon our tents and luggage ? 

 The point selected for this purpose must be such as will 

 recommend it on account of its proximity to the ground 

 on which the hunt is to be made, while it is likewise 

 highly important that it should not be too far removed 

 from some point which is accessible to an ox-team and 

 jumper, inasmuch as the lakes and rivers will be frozen 

 over before our hunt is ended, and thus closed against our 

 canoes. These questions were all carefully discussed, and 

 the captain's thorough knowledge of the country enabled 

 him to determine for us all these highly-important points. 

 He assured me that our tents and other luo-oraQ-e could be 

 brought to a point about five miles distant from the nearest 

 settler's cabin, and there, he thought, we could obtain the 

 services of the ox-team and jumper. It should be re- 

 membered, however, by our readers who are unacquainted 

 with these grand forests, that some sort of a road must 



