CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER XX 



PAGE 



Avalanche and Slide-Rock 280 



The "Snow-Slide" — An Ideal Mountain Section — Creek Buried Under 

 Slide-Rock — Timber Wrecked by Avalanche— -Slides and Wild Ani- 

 mals — How Slides Originate — Twelve Slides in One Mile — Slide- 

 Rock — How Mountain Peaks Change to Steep Slopes — An Object 

 Lesson in False Notch. 



CHAPTER XXI 



The Small Neighbors of the Big Game .... 293 



Animal Life on the Summits — The Little Chief "Hare" — A Four- 

 Footed Haymaker — The Fate of " Little Mike" — The Columbia 

 River Ground-Squirrel — A Tiny Chipmunk — A Plethoric Ground- 

 Squirrel — The Yellow-Haired Porcupine- — The Pine Squirrel — The 

 Pack- Rat — The Hoary Marmot — The Wolverine — The Trappers' 

 Evil Genius— Species of Depredations — Charlie Smith Gets Square 

 with an Enemy — A Wolverine Caught Alive. 



CHAPTER XXII 



Small Neighbors of the Big Game (Continued) . 312 



The Pine Marten — The Coyote — Mule Deer — Winter Birds Only — 

 Franklin Grouse, or '• Fool-Hen " — White-Tailed Ptarmigan — 

 Harlequin Duck — Water Ouzel — Eagles and Hawks — Clark's Nut- 

 cracker — Canada Jay and Magpie. 



CHAPTER XXIII 

 Down Avalanche Creek, and Out 321 



Cutting our Way Out — A Side Trip to High Summits — Discovery of 

 Lake Josephine — A Camp for Three — A Lofty Hunting Ground 

 — My Luck Against the Storm-Clouds — A Body-Racking Descent 

 — The Struggle for a Trail Out — Mr. Phillips and I Go Out on 

 Foot — The Jack Pine, Down and Up — Running Logs Over Down 

 Timber — Out at Last. 



