A half-breed hunter was therefore sent after them.

He succeeded in wounding one, but not so as to prevent its running off with the herd in a direction wide of our course.

A couple of rabbits and a brace of wood partridges were shot in the afternoon.

There was an agreeable variety of hill and dale in the scenery we passed through to-day; and sufficient wood for ornament, but not enough to crowd the picture.

The valleys were intersected by several small lakes and pools, whose snowy covering was happily contrasted with the dark green of the pine-trees which surrounded them.