OURS AEA SKGAN 
EXPLORING 2 XeE DEMON 
Winter Camp on Liard River. 
A, J. STONE. 
I left Liard Post October 18th, and 
reached the Lower Post October 2oth. 
Although our boat was large and our crew 
light, we ran both the canyons between 
the 2 posts without difficulty; but on 
reaching Cranberry rapids, 4 miles above 
Lower Post, we portaged our baggage 
past the worst of the rapids, a distance of 
ter. Mr. Simpson kindly tendered me the 
use of a cosy cabin, and until the end of 
November we busied ourselves gathering 
a winter’s supply of wood, which had to be 
brought with dog teams a distance of 
one mile. We spent some days trapping 
such small mammals as had yet failed to 
house themselves for the winter. 

one mile, reloaded, and reached the post 
without trouble or accident. So much ice 
was then running in the river as to make 
further boating impracticable, even on 
water that would offer no other difficulty 
to navigation. 
The Liard river, however, for the next 
110 miles, is practically a series of bad rap- 
ids, several of which no boat crew would 
attempt to run, even at the best stage of 
water. 
I was yet too lame to undertake a trip 
into the mountains, and therefore set 
about preparing for the approaching win- 
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AMATEUR PHOTO BY A. J. STONE. 
THE FRAME OF MY MACKENZIE RIVER BOAT. 
In December I made a trip up the Mud- 
dy, which drains the country from the 
South and empties into the Liard opposite 
the post. We found an excellent country, 
well stocked with moose, but the weather 
was unfavorable for hunting, and com- 
pelled our return to the post, which we 
reached December 24th. 
January was devoted to freighting my 
baggage with dog teams to a point below 
Hell Gate, a distance of about 110 miles. 
There we constructed a cache of heavy 
green logs, and carefully stored my sup- 
plies. Near the cache I found timber suit- 

