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for us to follow, but as we advanced to the higher ground 

 this became unnecessary owing to the presence of heavily 

 indented caribou leads, which got broader and more numerous 

 as we proceeded. Near the upper edge of the forest the 

 deer roads were so numerous and had been so well used 

 for years past that Saunders was in the highest spirits, for 

 these, he said, must be the main trails of which he had sus- 

 pected the existence somewhere in the neighbourhood. About 

 midday we emerged on to beautiful undulating high ground 

 covered with blueberries and a short bush called locally 

 "goudie." We had hardly done so when four caribou 

 does came to look at us. A little farther on, two others 

 came for a close inspection, and though we now wanted 

 meat badly (having eaten the best part of the doe I had 

 previously killed), I resisted the temptation to fire, as I 

 hoped to see a stag very soon. 



Everything now looked so promising that I sent Jack 

 back to the boats to get more supplies, having determined 

 to make a standing camp here. Even if I waited a month, 

 I knew the stags were bound to come this way sooner or 

 later. 



After a hurried meal, Saunders and I set off to find the 

 highest point above our camp, and soon selected a large 

 stone from whence a splendid view could be obtained for 

 three or four miles in any direction. Many of the main 

 trails led up from the woods below, and anything moving 

 out must be detected. Nor was there long to wait. Almost 

 as soon as I had got the glass out I spotted a doe and a 

 calf walking uphill, then another snow-white object on the 

 edge of the woods revealed another female, and a few minutes 

 later two more were to be seen moving slowly uphill about 

 a mile to the left. The glass was here of the greatest 



