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back again without disturbing him, and left 

 him, aU unconscious of my inspection, in 

 charge of the twelve does which formed his 

 harem. 



After this we did not travel much further as 

 we were very wet and uncomfortable, and the 

 weather showed no signs of clearing up. On 

 our way home we passed the carcase of the doe 

 I had shot in the morning, and cutting off the 

 two hindquarters carried them to camp. 



On the two days on which Geange and 

 I had hunted to the south-east of our camp we 

 had seen some very likely-looking country for 

 caribou stretching away for miles towards the 

 mountain range with the curious Indian name 

 wliich I have mentioned above. 



I determined, therefore, after a consultation 

 with my companions on the evening of October 

 the 19th, to leave our camp on the shore of 

 King George's Lake on the following morning, 

 and march through this country to the foot of 

 the mountains, and from there back to where 

 we had left our canoe and store of provisions 

 on the river. 



