Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland . UP THE TWO-MILE BROOK, HOMEWARD BOUND. A UUddIv IN ILlKil) [To face page 201 HOMEWARD BOUND 261 caribou seems to me the most stupid and theeasiest to bag under ordinary circumstances. I had a special permit to shoot five stags,but only shot four, not counting the deer wehad to shoot for meat, generally hinds. We soon had the meat in the canoes. Thebrooks and shallow steadies were now full upfrom the heavy rains, so we poled where we hadto portage coming in. The rain was fallingin torrents. We saw our last stag as we cameup to Red Hill Pond, but he had no h
Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland . UP THE TWO-MILE BROOK, HOMEWARD BOUND. A UUddIv IN ILlKil) [To face page 201 HOMEWARD BOUND 261 caribou seems to me the most stupid and theeasiest to bag under ordinary circumstances. I had a special permit to shoot five stags,but only shot four, not counting the deer wehad to shoot for meat, generally hinds. We soon had the meat in the canoes. Thebrooks and shallow steadies were now full upfrom the heavy rains, so we poled where we hadto portage coming in. The rain was fallingin torrents. We saw our last stag as we cameup to Red Hill Pond, but he had no head tospeak of. By we reached Red Hill Pond,which was up over two feet. The rain was sobad we decided to camp, and soon had a fire asbig as a house going, before which we dried our-selves; the men just as cheerful as if it hadbeen bright sunshine. It was an awful night,a gale tearing through the tops of the trees,and the rain coming down in sheets; but themorning of the 23rd was fine, as the wind hadcome round to the north, and we made anearly start as we hoped to re
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