346 RECENT HUNTING TRIPS. 



to where the dead caribou lay before four 

 o'clock, and, after cutting him up, we again 

 reached camp before dark. 



On the following daj", August 31st, Coghlan 

 and Thomas took the skulls and horns of the 

 two caribou stags I had already shot, together 

 with some fat and meat, down to our base 

 camp on the river, returning in the evening 

 with some additions to our small store of pro- 

 visions. During the morning I was busy 

 cleaning and preparing my two headskins. 



In the afternoon I took a round over the 

 ground to the left of where I had shot the first 

 caribou, getting back to camp just as the night 

 was setting in. I saw several caribou in Httle 

 lots of two, and tkree, and four together, but 

 they were all does and young animals. 



On my return to the edge of the high ground 

 overlooking the ravine in which our camp was 

 situated, I saw our fire blazing cheerily in the 

 gathering gloom, and I knew that my men had 

 got back from the river. Not very long after 

 that we all three sat down to a dinner of fat 

 caribou steaks, with fresh-baked bread and 



