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though formerly they showed in great numbers at Jack 

 Lane's Bay. 



On the other hand, Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard writes 

 that in 1906 she witnessed the migration near the head- 

 waters of the George River, but at a date, August 8th, 

 when the horns were still in velvet. 



For the hunter who wishes to find these caribou only 

 two courses seem to be possible. The one is to winter 

 in the Labrador and spend the late autumn on the hills 

 and barrens behind Davis Inlet, Hopedale, or Makkovik ; 

 the other would be to make arrangements to arrive in 

 Labrador in the early summer at the first break-up of 

 the ice and to undertake an extended canoe and packing 

 journey up Hamilton Inlet, Grand Lake to Lake Michi- 

 makau, and Michimakats. Provisions must be carried 

 for every day spent in the country, as, except for fish 

 and birds, the region to be traversed is practically 

 gameless. On the upper waters of the George River 

 the hunter would be as likely to find the deer as any- 

 where, but, since the migrations are of so arbitrary a 

 nature, this would by no means be a certainty, though 

 single stags might be seen. 



Since writing the above I have learned that vast 

 forest fires have altered the line of migration, and the 

 trend is now much further inland than before. 



