Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . holo by y. ir. ryrifll Indian Ca< Hf^jxi/ssfi ~r T^m^ Grout ok our Party. BAKER LAKE AND DEPOT ISLAND 95 the sleigh. In the afternoon Amer shot a large bull, whichhad already dropped his horns. We then left the Inlet andstruck north-east overland. The distance from the headof Chesterfield Inlet overland, in a direct line to DepotIsland, is about 140 miles, but it is not possible to travelstraight owing to the nature of the country. We even-tually covered more than 180 miles before reaching thevessel, but we went a great deal too far north. A
Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . holo by y. ir. ryrifll Indian Ca< Hf^jxi/ssfi ~r T^m^ Grout ok our Party. BAKER LAKE AND DEPOT ISLAND 95 the sleigh. In the afternoon Amer shot a large bull, whichhad already dropped his horns. We then left the Inlet andstruck north-east overland. The distance from the headof Chesterfield Inlet overland, in a direct line to DepotIsland, is about 140 miles, but it is not possible to travelstraight owing to the nature of the country. We even-tually covered more than 180 miles before reaching thevessel, but we went a great deal too far north. As wetravelled, typical rugged country changed to undulatingand flat prairie-like stretches. In places small lakes andstreams were so numerous as to remind us of the Irish-mans remark that all the land is water. Deer werenumerous till within sixty miles of the coast; there werenone beyond. Very often they behaved in the foolishmanner already described, and we could have shot themdown by the dozen. At other times they appeared to bewary, and were difficult to approach. All the large
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