CHAPTER IV. 



HUNTING ON THE NORTH FOEK 



OF THE MACMILLAN RIVEE, 



YUKON TEEEITOEY. 



'Tis but a few short years ago that the word 

 "Klondyke" conjured up visions of an ice-bound 

 region near the Arctic circle, rich in gold 

 indeed, but girt about with such difficulties and 

 dangers that none could hope to reach it, except 

 at the imminent risk of perishing either amidst 

 the desolate snowlields of bleak storm-swept 

 mountain ranges, or in the- swift-flowing waters 

 of the mighty Yukon. 



No doubt the popular imagination somewhat 

 exaggerated the dangers and difficulties of the 

 journey to the Klondyke in the early days of 



