Bear Hunting on Kadiak Island 



ings, and we made ourselves most comfortable, 

 while our Aleuts occupied the small banya, or Rus- 

 sian bathhouse, which is also generally found by 

 the side of the barabara. This was to be the base 

 of supplies from which my friend and I were to 

 hunt in different directions. 



The morning after reaching our shooting 

 grounds I started with one of my natives and the 

 local hunter in the baidarka to get the lay of the 

 land. Blake and I agreed that it was wise to 

 divide up the country, both because we could thus 

 cover a much greater territory, and our modes 

 of hunting differed materially. Although at the 

 time I believed from what I had heard that Pay- 

 jaman was an excellent man, I preferred to hunt in 

 a more careful manner, as Is the native custom, in 

 which I had had some experience the year before. 

 I firmly believe that had Payjaman hunted as care- 

 fully as my Aleuts did, my friend would have been 

 more successful. 



We spent our first day skirting the shores of 

 the entire bay, paddling up to its very head. 

 Ignati pointed out to Fedor all the most likely 

 places, and explained the local eccentricities of the 

 various winds — a knowledge of these being of the 

 first importance in bear hunting. I was much 

 pleased with the looks of the country, but at the 



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