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as Mr. Howley had not time to do this on his short visit to 

 Sylvester, and it would take a man three weeks to mark 

 all its sinuous bays and hundred islands. To the south-east 

 were the lakes of Keskitpegawi, Tamnapegawi,^ and another 

 small one about a mile long, whilst close under the mountain 

 were three other ponds of moderate size. Kagudeck, where 

 Reuben Lewis hunts, is a large lake surrounded by heavy 

 woods, and is situated about five miles to the west, and by 

 means of the Bay de Nord waters it would not be difficult 

 to ascend from Fortune Bay to this lake, and so on to Smooth 

 Ridge, where the head waters of the Terra-Nova rise, and 

 so pass eastwards down St. John's Lake and Mollygojack 

 to the sea. 



I remained for some hours on the summit, enjoying the 

 lovely view and sketching in the various features of the 

 landscape. Tiny little spots of white and brown away at 

 the base of the mountain to the north showed two companies 

 of deer, each with a big stag, restlessly wandering from one 

 forest to another. About 2 p.m. we grew chilly from inaction, 

 and so descended to the woods and had an excellent dinner. 

 In the evening we again crossed the big marsh towards our 

 camp, and spent some time in watching a stag chasing a 

 doe in and out of the woods. He seemed to carry a fine 

 head, but when at last I obtained a good view with the 

 glass, the result was disappointing. From our camp I spied 

 the big herd which had settled by a small lake about a mile 

 to the west. This was the largest herd of breeding deer — 

 eighteen does and one big stag with a bad head — I had 

 seen ; but a newcomer had joined them since the morning, 

 and I was anxious to inspect him at close quarters. The 

 stag which had lately arrived was quite hornless — in fact a 



' I have retained the Indian names for these waters. 



