Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . rove of spruce. Everything waswet and soggy from the heavy rains that had recently , om- duffle was dry and we were soon comfortablyinstalled in the camp wliich was to be our headquarters forthe next twenty days. AVhile travelling by rail and steam-sliip I had contracted a severe cold, and one would imaginethat sleeping above the damp ground on only a scant mat-tress of evergreen bows would tend to aggravate this condi- 88 tioii, yet at the end of three days camping in the open mycold had vanislied and a normal, healthy condition prevaileduntil the hom
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . rove of spruce. Everything waswet and soggy from the heavy rains that had recently , om- duffle was dry and we were soon comfortablyinstalled in the camp wliich was to be our headquarters forthe next twenty days. AVhile travelling by rail and steam-sliip I had contracted a severe cold, and one would imaginethat sleeping above the damp ground on only a scant mat-tress of evergreen bows would tend to aggravate this condi- 88 tioii, yet at the end of three days camping in the open mycold had vanislied and a normal, healthy condition prevaileduntil the homeward journey when I encountered the foul airin railway trains and stuffy habitations. The twenty-eighth day of October we entered into thereal spirit of the hunt, but before describing my first experi-ence in caribou shooting 1 might make a few remarks on thenature of the country and the methods of securing the game. Hinds Plains, our hunting ground, is named after anancient trapper whose line of traps covered this swam])y. GUIDE PENNELL SPYING FOR CARIBOU FROM THE TOPOF A DEAD SPRUCE 89 moor for many a weary mile. It is bounded on the east andM^est by long ranges of hills which widen out at their northernextremity and narrow down as they stretch away southwardtowards Red Indian Lake. This double range of hills, andalso the wide expanse of Grand Lake, form a natural pass—?in fact a trap through which the great herds of migratingcaribou must necessarily pass every fall on their journey tothe south coast. It is little wonder that relics of the Red]Mans hunting are still found in this section and that eventoday it is the most likely spot on the Island in which toobtain caribou. Native meat hunters may be encounteredhere who have journeyed a distance of one hundred and fiftymiles by rail in order to obtain their winters meat supply. In hunting caribou during the October migration en-tirely different tactics are employed than would be practic-able in the early September season. I
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