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It seems incredible that "under these con- 

 ditions the animal should have got into snch 

 splendid condition and grown so fine a head. 



On the morning of September 10th we re- 

 turned to the river, where we at once lighted 

 a big fire and dried all our belongings, as we 

 were wet through more from the dripping trees 

 and bushes than from the rain which had been 

 falling steadily during the morning. 



In the afternoon we loaded our canoe and 

 started down stream for the cabin where we 

 had left the caribou heads and some of our 

 stores. This we reached in about two hours, 

 though it had taken a whole day to get the 

 canoe the same distance by poling and towing 

 against the stream. We saw no game on our 

 way down to the cabin ; but it was raining 

 hard all the time. 



On the following day we again " packed " up 

 to our old camp on the mountains to the south 

 of the river. The whole landscape was shrouded 

 in thick mist, but in the evening this all cleared 

 off, the stars presently shone out, and the night 

 became clear and frosty. 



