216 SPORT AND TRAVEL 



On the morning of October 14 we found the snow 

 about a foot deep round our camp. I went out again 

 with Graham, but as it kept on snowing all day with- 

 out a break, we returned early in the afternoon. The 

 snow was now very deep on the hills above camp, and 

 walking through it a very tiring operation. 



It continued snowing all night and the next morn- 

 ing, but cleared up by eleven o'clock. Our tents were 

 now half buried in snow and our meat was frozen 

 solid, so that steaks had to be sawn out of a block that 

 had all the appearance of a piece of hard wood, a 

 charmingly novel experience for my wife and myself, 

 who had never before travelled in a cold country. 

 With a small sheet-iron stove we were, however, able 

 to keep our tent quite warm and comfortable, and 

 though it soon cooled off at night, after the fire had 

 gone out, to the temperature of the outside air, we 

 were always quite comfortable under a couple of 

 Jaeger blankets. Having no thermometer with us, we 

 could not tell exactly how cold it was, but I don't 

 think it was ever much below zero, which is a very 

 enjoyable temperature in the beautiful dry air of the 

 Rocky Mountains, as long as there is no wind. 



As soon as it had cleared, I went out alone, and 

 made my way to near the head of the creek where I 

 had shot my second buck deer. I saw no game and 

 no tracks, but found the snow in places so deep that 

 the labour of getting through it was sometimes most 

 exhausting. 



