Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland . L*^^ LI M H ii\ IHE BAIE DU NORD EI\ El{. MY CAxMi, .iilOE iilLL Jjiiolil. [To face paye 256. HOMEWARD BOUND CHAPTER VIII HOMEWARD BOUND Just as we had packed up a fearful thunder-storm came on which lasted over an hour, andwe did not get away till , arriving atSandy Pond at 3 oclock, wet through. Thewater was pouring down the hill sides, everydeep deer track was a torrent, and it was heavygoing through the marshes. We had a mealand a change of clothes, and, packing thecanoes, reached the portage into Sandy Pondat dusk. The evening was fine; we pitche
Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland . L*^^ LI M H ii\ IHE BAIE DU NORD EI\ El{. MY CAxMi, .iilOE iilLL Jjiiolil. [To face paye 256. HOMEWARD BOUND CHAPTER VIII HOMEWARD BOUND Just as we had packed up a fearful thunder-storm came on which lasted over an hour, andwe did not get away till , arriving atSandy Pond at 3 oclock, wet through. Thewater was pouring down the hill sides, everydeep deer track was a torrent, and it was heavygoing through the marshes. We had a mealand a change of clothes, and, packing thecanoes, reached the portage into Sandy Pondat dusk. The evening was fine; we pitchedcamp in a nice droke and over a good hot supperat 9 oclock the discomforts of the day weresoon forgotten. By the aneroid the Shoe HillDroke was 370 feet above the level of SandyGrove Pond. There was just a last chance ofa stag, as Steve said there was some goodground in the direction of where I had shot thefirst stag. I sent him out at daybreak on the22nd, and he came back reporting three stagsabout half-a-mile away, one of which hethought was a good one. We started away an
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