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you weren't here yesterday, the deer were 

 crossing the line all day, and everyone got 

 lots of shots ; it was just as if a battle was 

 going on ! " 



In the evening I took a walk along the railway 

 line with my guide, and learned from him all I 

 could about caribou and the way in which they 

 were usually shot at tiiis season of the year. 



Great numbers of caribou, I was informed — but 

 by no means all, as I subsequently discovered — 

 spend the summer months in the northern part 

 of Newfoundland and winter in the south of the 

 island. There are thus two annual migrations : 

 in the early spring from the south to the north, 

 and in the autumn — during September and 

 October — from north to south ; and as the 

 railway traverses the whole island from east to 

 west every caribou which migrates is bound to 

 cross the line twice a year. 



On migration, certain tracts of country are 

 annually traversed, through which well-defined 

 paths are made. These deer paths are known 

 in Newfoundland as " leads," and during the 

 autumn migration the usual method of securing 



