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though reporting having seen eighteen caribou, but 

 out of range. 



Thursday October 18th. Thermometer 52 ; threat- 

 ning. Kep and the Kid, guided by Le Buffe, went 

 down the marsh about three-quarters of a mile to what 

 is known as the " lower lookout." These " lookouts " 

 are certain trees which the guides have trimmed up in a 

 convenient manner for climbing, and at some vantage 

 point where a good view can be had of the marsh. 

 The lower lookout consists of a scraggy pine about 

 fifteen inches in diameter and some thirty feet high, 

 standing in a point of timber in a somewhat elevated 

 position. The guide would climb the tree, sit in a 

 crotch formed by the trunk and a branch, and with a 

 field glass he was enabled to scan the marsh from one 

 side to the other, as well as a mile above and below. 

 When he sighted the game, he invariably called out 

 "Deer on the mash?" and when he had satisfied 

 himself as to what lead they were likely to take, he 

 slid down the tree like a cat, and keeping one of the 

 many small islands scattered over the marsh between 

 him and his quarry, he would bid the hunters follow 

 and imitate his movements, which would consist of 

 running, sneaking, walking and crawling in his en- 

 deavors to intercept the game, in which he usually 

 succeeded. 



