1 6 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ALASKA. 



that I am absolutely ignorant about all matters pertaining to 

 photography, I think the results are fairly satisfactory. I must 

 apologise for the rough appearance presented by myself and 

 friends in some of the pictures, but anyone who has ever under- 

 taken a similar trip will understand that in a country where 

 labour is much in demand, and natives hard to get, it often 

 happens that a sportsman has to carry his own personal belong- 

 ings, and, as we preferred to take the luxuries which refresh the 

 inner man, rather than those used for personal adornment, our 

 party often looked what the Americans call " rather tough." 



