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hopes of success — Eeacli the South-west River — First 

 caribou seen — Stag wounded, but lost — Black flies — 

 Slow progress — Unnamed waterfall on the Terra 

 Nova River — Reach Lake Molly go jack — Caribou stag 

 shot— The cry of the loon— St. John's Lake— Old 

 Indian look-out tree — An undisturbed hunting ground 

 — Another caribou shot — A wonderful piece of luck 

 — Fourth caribou shot — The fifth and last — Habits 

 of caribou — Advice to sportsmen — Caribou easily 

 approached when the wind is right — Good rifles for 

 caribou — Return journey down the Terra Nova River 

 — An enjoyable trip — The charms of a wild comitry — 

 Danger of encroachment by civilization — Tribute to 

 Robert Saimders and John Wells. 



CHAPTER IV. 



HUNTING ON THE NORTH FORK OF THE 

 MACMILLAN RIVER, YUKON TERRITORY. 



"Klondyke " — Dangers and difficulties of tlie early 

 days —Dawson City to-day — Only three weeks' journey 

 from England — Beauty of the Pacific coast — The 

 Wliite Pass — Objects of my journey to the Yukon — 

 Mr. J. B. Tyrrell — His fascinating book " Across the 

 Sub- Arctics of Canada" — The Bonanza creek — Future 

 prospects of the Klondyke Gold Fields — A journey to 

 the Ogilvie Mountains — Caribou stag shot — Start for 

 the Macmillan — A large party —Reach Selkirk — Fort 

 Selkirk established long ago — Destroyed by Indians 



