When we talked about hunting, he assured us that we need have no fear of obtaining plenty of sport, as, with our rifles, we should be certain to kill the game much more easily than his people could do with their bows and arrows.  A hunting-party was accordingly arranged for the next day, on the shores of a lake some miles off.  He had already transported a couple of canoes to it, so that, should any of the deer take to the water, we might be able to pursue them.  Ashatea was much inclined to come with us, but her father told her that she would be acting more like an English girl if she would stay at home and attend to household affairs.