40 CAMP FIRE REMINISCENCES 
selected the site with great judgment. The forest 
was very dense, so he made a clearing near a small 
stream and the place had a cosey look. He had 
stretched the moose skin and scalp on poles, cut 
fire wood, and arranged spruce boughs for beds. 
Moose steaks and grouse were soon frying, and a 
cheerful fire burned outside, while within the tent 
the stove shed warmth, if not radiance. I had had 
two pleasant days certainly, and felt fortunate 
in having so soon secured a moose and caribou. 
Thursday morning was fine as all the others had 
been. Dalle and myself got away about seven, 
leaving Semond to bring in the caribou and then 
to take everything we could spare to Lac des 
Cédres. 
Again, we came cautiously down upon the swamp 
nearest camp and surveyed it carefully without see- 
ing anything. Then we went off to the large 
meadow visited the day before, and crossing this, 
wandered over several ranges of wooded hills, 
having between them moss-grown swamps. We 
reached a hill at last, the top of which was bare, and 
from which a splendid view was obtained. At its 
base lay a long narrow meadow through which me- 
andered a small stream with swampy banks. We 
sat and watched this meadow for an hour in the 
hope of seeing a herd of caribou wandering into it, © 
but none came. Then, examining the entrance to 
this valley, we found it tremendously tracked up. 
These tracks led out at the other end, so we con- 
cluded that many of the animals had gone further 
south. Where we lunched, the blueberries grew 
