NOTES ON NEWFOUNDLAND. 281 



Into the latter great bnsiii, and a little to the north of 

 Exploits River, empties a stream called the Hall's Bay 

 River. It flows from a chain of small lakes running 

 nearly east and west at the south-eastern termination of 

 the mountain range Lefore mentioned ; and here the 

 great body of the cariboo pass, commencing their 

 southerly migration about the end of August. Hall's 

 Bay is to be reached only by sailing-vessel from St. 

 John's, but the hunting grounds may also be attained by 

 ascending the magnificent river Humber from the Bay of 

 Islands on the western side of the island — a course on 

 w.bicli much grand scenery is to be viewed. 



The north-eastern extremity of the Grand Pond, some 

 fifty miles in length, with which it communicates, ap- 

 proaches the Hall's Bay chain with easy access. Cariboo 

 hunting may, however, be obtained by entering the 

 interior from the heads of any of the great bays which 

 so deeply indent the coast line of Newfoundland, 



Although the Indian race, which once wholly subsisted 

 on their flesh, is long since extinct, and there are but few 

 resident Micmac hunters, the cariboo are much kept 

 down by their bitter persecutors in every part of the 

 globe where the reindeer is found — the wolves. "The 

 Old Hunter," whose camp has been frequently pitched 

 in the proximity of the famous deer passes just men- 

 tioned, tells me of the great destruction caused amongst 

 the deer by this fleet and wily brute, which he has often 

 seen and shot in the act of pursuit. The splendid 

 head of a Newfoundland cariboo, figured No. 2 in the 

 engraving of horns, was obtained from an animal shot at 

 Deer Harbour, Trinity Bay, by Mr. F. N. Gisborne (who 

 has kindly allowed me to copy it), when nearly run into 



