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CHAPTER VIII. 
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ON THE LOWER TELZOA. 
UNTIL the evening of the 15th of August, we paddled 
on through varied scenes of ice and open water, follow- 
ing the barren shore-line in search of the outlet of 
Tobaunt Lake. 
In addition to game already mentioned, two young 
broods of wild geese, not yet able to fly, were seen. It 
is commonly said that the breeding place of the wild 
goose has never been discovered, but here, at any rate, 
was the breeding place of these. 
On the morning of the 16th we were early aroused 
by the voice of a howling gale and the pelting rain, 
which was freely beating through our flapping tents. 
Of these, our meagre shelters, some of the guys were 
broken, and the tent occupied by my brother and myself 
was only prevented from being blown away by the 
unpleasant performance of scrambling out in the dark- 
ness, exposing ourselves to the piercing wind and driving 
rain, and securing it with new ropes and piles of stones. 
Upon this occasion, also, blankets and clothing not 
yet dry since the last wetting were again saturated. 
Everything in the way of instruments, photographic 
supplies, note books, ete, were piled together at one 
side of the tent and well covered by a rubber sheet, and 
