12 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



ing we stopped within sight of Prospect 

 Hill, having killed and concealed six deer. 

 A considerable quantity of snow fell during 

 the night. 



" The surrounding country was extremely 

 rugged ; the hills divided by deep ravines, 

 and the valleys covered with broken masses 

 of rocks and stones ; yet the deer fly (as it 

 were,) over these impediments with appa- 

 rent ease, seldom making a false step, and 

 springing from crag to crag with all the 

 confidence of the mountain goat. After 

 passing Rein-Deer Lake, (where the ice 

 was so thin as to bend at every step for nine 

 miles,) we halted, perfectly satisfied with 

 our escape from sinking into the water. 

 While some of the party were forming the 

 encampment, one of the hunters killed a 

 deer, a part of which was concealed to be 

 ready for use on our return. This evening 

 we halted in a wood near the canoe track, 

 after having travelled a distance of nine 

 miles. The wind was S. E. and the night 

 cloudy, with wind and rain. 



" On the 24th and 25th we underwent 



