We will, however, hunt from the canoe.

Since the war began, all human beings have gone away from this lake, and the deer should be plentiful." They launched the canoe on the deep waters, and the two took up the paddles, sending their little craft northward, with slow, deliberate strokes.

They had the luck within the hour to find a deer drinking, and with equal luck Robert slew it at the first shot.

They would have taken the body into the canoe, but the burden was too great, and Tayoga cut it up and dressed it with great dispatch, while Robert watched.

Then they made room for the four quarters and again paddled northward.