A FALL HUNTING TRIP. 109 



At this time, and during the rest of my stay in the 

 country, I saw deer in great numbers every day. At 

 first I counted as accurately as I could, but later I 

 came across so many that I only numbered the stags 

 which I clearly distinguished to be shootable. 



There seems little reason to doubt that from the 

 27th of October to the 5th of November I was in the 

 middle of at least a portion of the migrating deer. 

 The following is the table of the caribou I saw on 

 the trip : 



Stags. Does. 



Oct. 23 ...... 1 2 



24 ...... 1 51 



25 ...... 2 16 



26 ...... 4 18 



27 ...... 10 102 



28 ...... 12 110 



29 ...... 18 160 



30 ...... 10 97 



Total to date 556 



31 ...... 11 Did not count. 



Nov. 1 ...... 10 



2 ...... 17 



3 ...... 15 



4 ...... 8 



5 ...... 2 



Total 121 



Speaking roughly, I should say that I saw during the 

 trip at least 1,500 does, as on the last day of October 

 and the first three days of November I sighted them in 

 such numbers that I had to give up the attempt to keep 

 count. I afterwards learned from Jack Wells, who 



