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`` We 'll be making straight for the Silver Lake , where the hanky was found , '' explained Mackintosh as they set off . `` Haggis 'll maybe pick up tracks there that 'll be o ' use to us . '' And so a northerly route was taken -- crossing an arm of the Athabasca , and then following a course through the woods under the unerring guidance of the half-breed . Towards noon the Scotsman called a halt , as he pointed to a small clearing through which ran a small stream of clear water . `` This 'll no ' be a bad place for us to eat our dinner , lads , '' he said . `` If you 'll unpack the mare and tether her , Haggis , we can see aboot the fire and the meat . '' `` Do n't you think it would be well if we were to shoot something ? ''