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wonderfully regular, and carried twenty points. 

 Had I not wanted meat I should not have shot 

 it for its head, but both my companions and 

 myself were getting very meat-hungry. Better 

 meat than that of a Newfoundland caribou stag, 

 shot when in high condition in early autumn, is, in 

 my opinion, not to be found the world over. 



The following morning broke dull and grey, 

 and the clouds hung low over lake and forest. 

 Heavy rain soon set in and lasted till late in 

 the afternoon. In spite of the unpromising 

 weather I went out with Saunders in search of 

 deer as soon as I had skinned the head of the 

 stag shot the previous evening, but we only 

 got wet through for our pains, without encounter- 

 ing any caribou. 



The next day was not only fine and warm, 

 but actually sultry. After a substantial break- 

 fast just at dawn Saunders and I made an early 

 start, and passing through the fringe of forest 

 which skirts the lake got into a country of 

 extensive open marshes, interspersed with rocky 

 "barrens," dense spruce woods, and small lakes 



and ponds. The ground seemed ideal for 



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