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peak as the akokle where there were hiyou kianooko the mountain 

 where there were lots of. goats. It was a "bald "-looking eminence, 

 rising some 5oooft. or 6oooft. over the lake, the last loooft. 

 apparently entirely bare rock. Caching the canoe and the main 

 stock of provisions in the brush, we made on the following morning 

 an early start. Our loads were heavy, considering the climb and the 

 country we were about to tackle, and what was really surprising 

 was the tremendous load shouldered by the slim and diminutive 

 Joan, who I am sure would, including her sole garment, not have 

 turned the scales at seven stone. The first few hundred yards into 

 the forest, \vhich was a mass of dense underbrush, made my heart 

 sink within me, for I did not know that we would presently strike 

 a faint trail, the commencement of which was thus hidden from 

 intruders, who had no business there. 



It took us all day to climb less than 4oooft., i.e., to reach the 

 rocks beyond timber-line, where, just at the outskirts of forest 

 vegetation, we made as skookum (snug) a camp as the somewhat 

 limited level space permitted. My tiny " A " tent, which, with 

 my sleeping bag and rifle, had been my load, was soon pitched, 

 and next morning, while indefatigable Joan went down to the 

 lake for a second load of things, Darby and I went after game. 

 Signs innumerable we soon struck, and as we reached higher 

 altitudes and obtained a wider outlook, the sharp-eyed Darby, 

 who, of course, knew exactly where to look, had soon spotted 

 a band lying motionless like heaps of snow on a patch of green grass 

 at the bottom of a couloir, filled with neve, about three-quarters of 

 a mile off. At that time I knew very little Chinook, so it was 

 difficult to tell Darby how I proposed to arrange the stalk, 

 sign-language and pantomime had to assist in bringing about 

 an understanding between us. Darby was as hard as nails, 

 fleet of foot, and blessed with lungs which enabled him to run 

 up the steepest slopes at a speed most men would be content 

 to develop on level ground. Moreover, he was not much 

 hampered by clothes ; moccasins on his feet, a breech-cloth 

 round his loins, and a string of beads, was all that encumbered 



