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towards the caribou, which I found to be a doe 

 and a fawn. Just as I was getting near them 

 a very heavy storm of cold rain came on, and 

 I was soon drenched to the skin. The two 

 caribou now came towards me, and presently 

 were within one hundred and fifty yards, but 

 the rain was just then pouring down in such a 

 way that I couldn't well shoot. Suddenly they 

 got my wind and ran. They did not go far, 

 however, before stopping to look round, and, 

 as the rain was then not falling quite so 

 heavily, I got a shot at about two hundred 

 yards, and badly wounded the doe, which I 

 killed with another shot. 



I was sorry to have had to kill this animal, 

 but a plentiful supply of meat was an absolute 

 necessity to us, as we were only able to carry 

 a very limited quantity of any other kind of 

 provisions up into the mountains. Meat, 

 therefore, had to be our main stand-by. 



The fawn, I think, was quite old enough to 

 graze, and doubtless soon joined others of its 

 kind. I disembowelled the dead caribou as 

 quickly as possible, as the rain was now coming 



