CHAPTER VIII 



IN THE WAPITI COUNTRY 



SEPTEMBER 8th. We got away in fine 

 weather through the most open country we 

 had yet met. Our objective was a lake about 

 three miles away, for having found Keogh 

 Lake, Eustace Smith's rough-sketch map now 

 came in useful. 



The country looked more promising for game, 

 for we came across many well-beaten wapiti 

 tracks and at least two fresh tracks of good 

 bulls. 



We got into camp fairly early and selected 

 the most level piece of ground to be found 

 some twenty yards from the lake; the edge 

 of the lake itself was swampy. 



The lake was about a mile long by a quarter 

 of a mile broad. It was the first of a chain of 

 lakes connected by a narrow stream with a 

 rough rocky bed running to the west. The 

 sides were clothed with dense forest and the 

 tops of the surrounding hills were even now 

 covered with snow. 



The view in the morning was most beautiful 



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