Trail and Camp-Fire 



by main strength up and down hill alike. In 

 the spring, when the sun and rain has formed 

 a crust on the snow, the toboggans are ex- 

 changed for sleds, and the going is much 

 easier, so that a man can without great diffi- 

 culty haul a load of 300 pounds twenty-five 

 miles in a day. A serious hindrance to ex- 

 tended travel is caused by the absence of any 

 assured supplies in the interior, especially dur- 

 ing the summer, when the small Hudson Bay 

 posts are absolutely without supplies of any 

 kind, and when the few people remaining at 

 them depend wholly on the fish caught in nets 

 from day to day. Game and fish, although 

 not scarce, cannot be depended on, and a full 

 supply of food must be taken from the coast 

 to escape the chance of starvation. Of course, 

 if time is no object, stops might be made 

 where fish or game are abundant, and a store 

 of dried provisions laid in, but for constant 

 travel no dependence can be placed on the 

 game to supply the daily wants of a moder- 

 ately large party. 



In the following notes on the game of Lab- 

 rador I have attempted to give what informa- 

 tion I can, of interest to the sportsman, in 

 regard to the distribution and habits of the 



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