96 ACROSS THE SUB-ARCTICS OF CANADA 
with a spirit lamp we made hot tea and appeased 
our sharp appetites with some remnants of boiled 
venison. Tor three days the storm continued, On the 
fourth it turned to snow and the temperature went 
down to freezing—rather inhospitable weather for the 
10th of August. : 
Next morning, the gale having sufficiently subsided, 
camp was called about four o'clock, and we continued: 
on our way through the channel we had entered, and 
along the west shore of the lake in open water until 8 
a.m., when we again found ourselves hemmed in by 
_ heavy floating ice, which in several places was measured 
and found to be seven feet in thickness. To advance 
here in the canoes was impossible, so a favorable spot 
for landing was selected, at the base of the point where 
the ice was hard ashore. 
Just as we were landing, a small band of deer was 
seen feeding on a grassy plain not far away, and as our 
supply of fresh venison was nearly gone, we made plans 
for a hunt. It was arranged that my brother and I 
should take up our positions in concealment on a low 
neck of land between the shore and a small lake, and 
that the men should so place themselves as to drive the 
band within range of us. We managed to reach our 
vantage ground unobserved, but one of the canoemen 
in attempting to carry out his instructions awkwardly 
exposed himself and alarmed the deer, causing them to 
speedily scatter. Some of them, however, bounded past 
within range of our rifles, and three were brought down, 
which were sufficient to replenish the larder. 
Not far from the landing place was a high hill, so pro- 
viding ourselves with field-glasses we set out for its 
