THE NEW BKUNSWICK SEA-LIONS. 237 



than that of the man who was picked up, and instead 

 of being rescued by friendly ships, the sea-lion 

 hunters perish miserably of cold and hunger, or they 

 are drowned in the icy waves, or crushed by the 

 breaking-up of the floes beneath them. 



I will not inflict upon my readers an account of a 

 bear-hunt and an expedition after cariboo which 

 Tevis and I enjoyed with our hosts at Kamanatignia. 

 These two excursions among the woody mountains 

 which form the background of the bay of the E-iver 

 of St. Lawrence had nothing remarkable or charac- 

 teristic about them. We returned to Kamanatignia 

 with two bears and five cariboo. 



Five days after our arrival among the Esquimaux, 

 Tevis and I started homeward in the direction of 

 Halifax, where I arrived just in time to bid farewell 

 to my excellent companion and fellow-sportsman, 

 and get on board the Canard steamer Asia. Twenty- 

 four hours afterwards I landed at New York to re- 

 sume my functions as a journalist, and to publish my 

 adventures among the Esquimaux of the bay of the 

 islands of St. John. 



