THE SECOND BUFFALO HUNT 



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jack-pine wood, then 3 miles through mixed poplar, 

 pine, and spruce, and came to the Slave River opposite 

 Point Gravois. Thence we went a mile or so into sim- 

 ilar woods, and after another stretch of muskegs. We 

 camped for lunch at 11.45, having covered 12 miles. 



Pyrola 

 On Salt Mountain 



At two we set out, and reached Salt River at three, 

 but did not cross there. It is a magnificent stream, 

 200 feet wide, with hard banks and fine timber on each 

 side ; but its waters are brackish. 



We travelled north-westerly, or northerly, along the 

 east banks for an hour, but at length away from it on 

 a wide prairie, a mile or more across here, but evidently 

 extending much farther behind interruptions of willow 

 clumps. Probably these prairies join with those we 



