188 ACROSS THE SUB-ARCTICS OF CANADA. 
here was a vast and dreary plain, affording no cover 
for the hunter save that of a few scattered bould- 
ers. Concealed by some of these we crept for long 
distances, but finding it impossible to get within any 
kind of medium range, we opened fire at a distance of 
four or five hundred yards. At first the deer trotted 
about in confusion, but soon locating their enemies they 
fled straight away across the plains. For several hours 
we followed, vainly seeking for opportunity of nearer | 
approach, but being unsuccessful, retraced our weary 
steps to the shore, where we arrived faint and ex- 
hausted. We found the men had been unable to keep 
the canoes afloat because of the ebbing tide. They 
were now high and dry, and the water of the Bay 
barely visible in the distance—such was the extremely 
low and flat character of the coast. 
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