A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador An Account Of The Exploration Of The Nascaupee And George Rivers By Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard, Junior
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There Was A Still Higher Ridge Between Me And
The River, And I Knew That From It I Could See More.
I stopped to
take a photograph of a great boulder set on top of some smaller
rocks, and while doing so heard two rifle shots from the other
shore.
Evidently they had just discovered where I was. I fired
once more in reply, and then disappeared down the other side of the
mountain.
It was steep, and I laughed to think how terrified they would be if
they could see me; but this afternoon as I had thrown off
restraint, I chose the first place where descent was possible, and
let myself down along a rather wide crevice where some earth had
gathered, and a few bushes were growing. I went fast too, for I
meant to go just as far as I could before I was rounded up and
brought into camp. Between the two ridges was a bog, and I tried
to cross it to save time; but it threatened to let me in too deep,
and I had to give it up and go round. I was only a little way up
on the other hill when there came the sound of two rifle shots from
the lower end of the lake. Evidently the discovery of my,
whereabouts had aroused very spirited movement. On I went, faster
than ever. The flies were desperately thick, and I kept a piece of
spruce bough going constantly over my face and neck to keep them
from devouring me bodily.
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