24 RECENT HUNTING TRIPS. 



CHAPTER VII. 



A JOURNEY TO KING GEORGE'S LAKE, 

 NEWFOUNDLAND. 



King George's Lake — Discovered and named by 

 Cormack — Subsequently only visited by Mr. Howley — 

 Arrival at Millertovvn— Kindness of Mr. Beeton — 

 Joseph Geange and Samuel Smart — Lloyd's River 

 — First caribou shot — Hungry hunters — Slow pro- 

 gress — Tameness of caribou — Bad weather — Caribou 

 near King George's Lake — Stag shot — Continuous 

 rain — Soaked condition of the countr}-^ — Travelling 

 over the boofs — Visit an unnamed lake — Numbers of 

 caribou — Retm'n to main camp on the river — Another 

 stag shot — Caribou on migration — Hunting spoilt 

 by continuous rain — Start down stream — Sailing 

 down Lloyd's Lake — Caribou swiimning — "Wonderful 

 buoyancy — Himting near Mount Ramsay — Numbers 

 of caribou on migration — Return to river — Reach 

 E.ed Indian Lake — Arrive at Millertovvn — More bad 

 weather — End of the trip. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



HUNTING ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE 

 MACMILLAN RIVER. 



Start once more for the Yukon — Ai-rive at Skagway 

 — Start from Whitehorse — A long canoe joui-ney — 

 Charles Coghlan and Rhoderick Thomas — Lake 



