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existence of a southern herd, whose presence was unsuspected 

 by either sportsman or naturalist, and which never journeyed 

 north in the spring. On this expedition went one Robert 

 Saunders as packer, a thoroughly reliable man, whom he 

 engaged to visit this ground the following autumn, if it were 

 possible to ascend the Terra-Nova River with canoes. So 

 in the September following, Mr. Selous again went to 

 Newfoundland, and after some trouble reached St. John's 

 Lake, where he had excellent sport, killing all his five stags 

 (one of them a splendid forty-two pointer) in one week. He 

 saw but few deer, as the migration out of these east-central 

 forests had only just commenced, but told me he believed 

 that if I could get farther into the country to the west, 

 which was quite unknown, I should probably strike the main 

 trails of a big southern herd. All of this reasoning proved 

 to be quite correct. Mr. Selous kindly engaged Robert 

 Saunders and Jack Wells for me, the two men who had 

 travelled with him, and he spoke of them in the highest 

 terms. Only those who have been a journey or two to 

 distant lands know how important it is to have the very best 

 men in an expedition of this sort ; for there are a hundred 

 occasions where just a little extra determination and just a 

 little hard work are necessary to insure success. 



I arrived at St. John's on August 23, Mr. Reid, of the 

 Newfoundland Railways, came to meet me, and offered me 

 every assistance in his power. Next day Mr. Withers, a 

 friend I had met in the boat coming out, introduced me to 

 Mr. T. Murphy, the President of the Marine and Fisheries 

 Department, and from him I received a permit to collect 

 for scientific purposes such specimens as I required — an un- 

 usual concession on the part of the Government, for which I 

 was most grateful. 



