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swam about in the cove all alone, and she allowed us 

 to come within a few yards of her without getting at 

 all scared. 



From all that we could see there must have been a 

 recent migration of both caribou and moose from this 

 locality. There were any number of runways down to 

 the water, but no fresh signs of feeding or of wading 

 on the part of either of these species. Henry was at 

 a loss to account for this absence of big game except 

 by attributing it to the doings of a man, who, it was 

 said, in clear defiance of the game laws, had been 

 hunting at night with a large acetylene lamp fastened 

 to the bow of his canoe. If this was the case, the 

 bright glare of the light, together with its smell, would 

 frighten the big game into almost a frenzy of fear, and 

 it doesn't take very k)ng for them to quit a territory 

 so abused, and to make off to feeding grounds where 

 they Avill be left undisturbed in the strict solitude 

 which they so dearly love. 



While we were at this camp we were fortunate in 

 seeing some glorious displays of the northern lights- 

 aurora borealis which lasted for nearly an hour one 

 night, and twenty-five minutes the following night. 

 In the clear, pure air the display was so beautiful that 

 we watched it with almost breathless attention until it 

 disappeared as swiftly as it had come. 



In early November Henry expected to have, as oc- 

 cupants of this camp for a month's hunting, a young 



