country-was not too bad.
On my return to Fort Smith-I saw Hornby, who was just leaving for Edmonton. With the exception of once more—at the East End of Great Slave Lake—this was the last time I saw him and years later, when I was out in Civilisation [civilization], I read the account of his tragic death, with which I will end this chapter.
Meanwhile, Hornby had gone to Edmonton. That was towards the end of the winter of 1923-24. About September 1924, I met Hornby again. After a summers expedition with a survey party, I was returning to Fort Resolution. We were packing our outfit across the East “Portage”, between Artillery Lakes
