THE PILGRIMAGE TO GOATLAND 7 



longer the " main line," but a branch. The main line 

 runs up to Rexford, and thence down to Spokane. 



At Rexford, we changed to the branch line of the 

 Great Northern which runs up the east bank of the 

 Kootenay, into British Columbia. At Gateway we had 

 the pleasure of seeing the mythical International Boun- 

 dary, and standing astride it. It lies across the railway- 

 platform, and is painted white. Near by, a bronze monu- 

 ment has been erected to its memory. 



This branch brings us to the Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 way at Fernie, the metropolis of the great soft-coal min- 

 ing district known as the " Fernie district." It is in the 

 extreme south-eastern corner of British Columbia. 



At Fernie, Attorney H. W. Herchmer, president of 

 the local Game Protective Association, gave us a royal 

 welcome, and turned over to us the two non-resident 

 hunting-licenses which he had procured at our request. 

 The licenses cost us $50 each. They conveyed full war- 

 rant of law for the holder to kill five mountain goats 

 (sex not mentioned), three mountain sheep rams, griz- 

 zly bear without number, six deer (sexes immaterial), 

 and one bull moose. Elk are absolutely protected. 



When on our way out, we stopped in Fernie over 

 night, and President Herchmer called a special meet- 

 ing of the Fernie District Game Protective Association, 

 at his home. During this meeting we discussed the 

 game law. 



We objected to the goat item, on the ground that no 

 man should be permitted to kill more than three goats 

 in a year; and we held that females should not be killed 



