200 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



Keskarrah, and accompanied by John Hep- 

 burn and Samandre, who carried our blan- 

 kets, cooking utensils, hatchets, and a small 

 supply of dried meat. Our guide led us 

 from the top of one hill to the top of ano- 

 ther, making as straight a course to the 

 northward as the numerous lakes, with 

 which the country is intersected, would 

 permit. At noon we reached a remarkable 

 hill, with precipitous sides, named by the 

 Copper Indians the Dog-rib Rock, and its 

 latitude, 64° 34' 52" S., was obtained. The 

 canoe-track passes to the eastward of this 

 rock, but we kept to the westward, as being 

 the more direct course. From the time we 

 quitted the banks of Winter River we saw 

 only a few detached clumps of trees ; but 

 after we passed Dog-rib Rock even these 

 disappeared, and we travelled through a 

 naked country. In the course of the after- 

 noon Keskarrah killed a rein-deer, and 

 loaded himself with its head and skin, and 

 our men also carried off a few pounds of its 

 flesh for supper ; but their loads were alto- 

 gether too great to permit them to take 



