CAMP-FIRES IN THE 

 CANADIAN ROCKIES 



CHAPTER I 



THE PILGRIMAGE TO GOATLAND 



The Delectable Mountains — Over the Great Northern — The Sweet- 

 Grass Hills — Into the Rockies — The Fernie Game-Protectors — 

 British Columbia Game-Laws too Liberal. 



In an unguarded moment, Mr, John M. Phillips, of 

 Pittsburg, — true sportsman, game-protector, mountaineer, 

 photographer and genial gentleman, all in one,* — told 

 me of some wonderful mountains in the far West. He 

 said they are well filled with game, and as yet wholly 

 unspoiled by hunters. There the mountain goat abounds, 

 and can be studied to excellent advantage. There are 

 grizzly bears and mountain sheep which may be killed 

 under license, and a few elk which may not. In that 

 wonderland of Nature no sportsman has yet set foot 

 without Mr. Phillips's consent and cooperation; for it 

 was discovered by him and his guides, and by them is 

 carefully preserved from ruin. 



Thoughtlessly, I voiced my long-standing desire to 



* Mr. Phillips is also State Game Commissioner, and the founder of the 

 Lewis and Clark Club. 



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