CHAPTER XIX. 



A STORM ON LAKE ATHABASCA DANGER A WASTE OF WATERS THE TRAPPERS 

 REACH THE NORTH SHORE LOST A BULL MOOSE A GOOD SHOT NUMBERS 

 OF MOOSE IN THE ATHABASCA DISTRICT GRADUAL EXTINCTION OF THE 

 WOOD BISON START FOR FORT CHEPEWYAN WATERFOWL BEAVERS 

 ADVENTURE WITH A GRIZZLY OLD JAKE'S ADVENTURE WITH A GRIZZLY 

 BEAR. 



THE day broke gray and chill. Heavy clouds obscured 

 the sky towards the north-west, and from their gloomy 

 fields irregular masses became detached, and were 

 hurried across the sky by a fierce wind. Sudden 

 squalls tore through the woods as if in search of the 

 weak and decrepit members of the forest, which parted 

 with their branches or fell entire before the vengeful 

 spirit of the storm. The embers of the camp fire were 

 seized by the gusts and whirled into the faces and 

 against the persons of the hunters, who with difficulty 

 achieved the cooking of their simple meal. 



They soon left the camp, and committed themselves 

 to their raft, which tossed unpleasantly upon the 

 agitated surface of the water whenever the fierce 

 hurricane howled along the course of the river. 



All day they drifted with the current, and towards 

 evening landed near the debouchure of the Athabasca 



