. The Canadian field-naturalist. 98 The Canadian Field-Naturalist [Vol. XL there. It is a strange provision of nature that has planted in them the instinct to rear their young in the far north. Casualties must be heavy on the long migrations, that of the golden plover including 2500 miles over the Atlantic to South America. In the north, they must often meet severe conditions of life, and they have many enemies, but to them the call is irresistible. The raven and the Canada jay, both of whom winter here, gather at our camps, quarrelsome and aggressive. One old raven adopted, the base camp and
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 98 The Canadian Field-Naturalist [Vol. XL there. It is a strange provision of nature that has planted in them the instinct to rear their young in the far north. Casualties must be heavy on the long migrations, that of the golden plover including 2500 miles over the Atlantic to South America. In the north, they must often meet severe conditions of life, and they have many enemies, but to them the call is irresistible. The raven and the Canada jay, both of whom winter here, gather at our camps, quarrelsome and aggressive. One old raven adopted, the base camp and gorged till he could not rise above the ground. Entering Nonachoh Lake, a group of white objects were observed on a distant island and presently shouts and the barking of dogs proved it to be an Indian camp. We landed and had a long, unsatisfactory pow-wow through a member of my party who spoke Chipewyan. They ex- pected to meet the caribou migration in two or three days and were rather disconcerted on hear- ing that we had seen nothing of them. Their knowledge of the country was very limited except one very old, blind woman who, hearing us talk of the Thelon and the Barren Lands, became very animated and talked volubly. I was only able to understand a little of her talk, which was to the effect that when she was a young girl she had travelled with the people far to the east and had seen the Thelon (she need this name) and had crossed the barren land, wintering on a lake on which the forest extended half way (Artillery Lake). Her mind went back to the more adven- turous days and she complained about being un- able to see the country now and that her people did not travel as formerly. She ended rather. CARIBOU EATERS OF THE INTERIOR PLATEAU Their life is passed in migration from the fish lake in summer to the caribou range in winter. A failure of the seasonable food supply generally means starvation. lamely by saying she had very little tobacco. She described the route to her so
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