A HUNTER'S CAMP-FIRES 



to gaze back at the strange sight of men and horses. Late in 

 the afternoon we moved several miles toward the main camp 

 during a combination rain and snow storm. 



We spent a wretched night in a swamp during a continual 

 heavy rain-storm. To add to other discomforts, while we had 

 been away from camp our pet horse had entered the tent and 

 €aten or spoiled practically the entire small store of provisions 

 which we had brought with us. Wet and hungry, we packed 

 the horses at daylight and travelled through a dense fog all the 

 morning, reaching our main camp in the afternoon. We spent 

 the remainder of the day in cleaning and salting skins, and, 

 with all four horses loaded with trophies, started for civiliza- 

 tion early the next morning. The measurements of the antlers 

 of the five bull caribou secured by me on this short trip were 

 as follows: 



In coloration these northern caribou {Rangifer tarandus 

 oshorni) resemble the mountain - caribou of southern British 

 Columbia. They are almost chocolate color, with white necks 

 and black faces and legs, and are not as large in the body as 

 the light-colored Newfoundland caribou. The antlers seem 

 much better developed than any of the more southern wood- 

 land caribou. They inhabit almost entirely the open country 

 on the tops of the northern mountains, and, according to the 

 Indians, are only driven temporarily to the shelter of the timber 

 by the most severe blizzards during the winter. 



