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who shakes his head, but I remember that small 

 as is the bullet there is a heavy charge of powder 

 behind it, and up to eighty or ninety yards it will 

 shoot to an inch, so, like David, I make myself 

 ready for battle. 



The deer are still below us, lying in the middle 

 of the snowficld in the position of a triangle a 

 formation favourable to keeping a sharp look-out 

 and utterly unapproachable. I have no difficulty 

 in gaining the shelter of some rocks which fringe 

 the snow within about 600 yards of them, but ii( 

 a yard further can I advance. I must wait their 

 pleasure. So, the wind being all right, and the 

 rocks forming a complete screen, I post one 

 man as sentinel or vedette, and with the other 

 overhaul our slender stock of provisions. It is 

 scantier than I thought. There is one fair- 

 scarcely square meal for each of us, but only 

 one. Human habitations are a long way off. 

 But it is now mid-day. We are all very hungry, 

 having breakfasted about 3 A.M., so we recklessly 



