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every hair of which is hollow and fiUed with 

 air, so that these animals may be said to be 

 clothed in a lifebelt. 



After leaving Lloyd's Lake we proceeded 

 do^vn the Exploits River (more commonly 

 known as Lloyd's River) to the foot of a 

 mountain knoT\Ti as Mount Ramsay, and camped 

 at the mouth of a creek, which, judging by the 

 amount of water it brought down, my men 

 said must have its source in a good-sized lake. 

 The next morning, with packs on our backs, 

 we followed the course of the creek to the 

 shoulder of Mount Ramsay and, putting down 

 our loads, climbed nearly to the top of the 

 mountain, in order to get a view over the 

 surrounding country. To our right we could 

 see a good-sized lake in which no doubt the 

 creek whose course Ave had been following 

 took its rise. To the north-west la}^ a great 

 expanse of open ground, the nearest part of 

 which was not more than a couple of miles 

 distant, though it took us some time to get 

 through the intervening forest, which was 

 very dense. 



