Hunting Musk-Ox -with the Dog Ribs 



for the return trip ; each 

 sled carried four poles fourteen 

 feet in length. The country was 

 so rough that we only travelled thirty- 

 five miles. 



On the fourth day we encamped in a 

 little clump of pines on the Coppermine 

 River. The Dog Ribs called this stream 

 Tson Ta. It takes its rise in a large lake 

 called Ek-ah Ta, which is two days' jour- 

 ney in length. This was the last outlier 

 of the timbered country, and henceforth 

 fuel had to be carried on our sleds. The 

 largest of the trees reached a height of 



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