CONTENTS. vii 



LETTER XI. 



PAGE 



Waves of purple peaks Toma's hesitation A basket of trout 

 On a bad road The lazy savage Dragging the horses up- 

 hill The bleakest camp A strange find Great white sterns 

 Toma's hot pursuit ' Rams fighting ' A large bighorn 

 Anight of fete Two lost beasts A day's snow All white- 

 ness Toma's precautions More rams Snow-draped forests 

 Turning to home - - - - - - - -119 



LETTER XII. 



The moose and the white sheep An Indian ' sweat-horse' 

 The character of the Indians Plentiful goats Toma's ex- 

 ertions Sighting a goat The ' man-sheep ' A dead goat 

 bleating An omen The Indian terrified and tired - - 132 



LETTER XIII. 



A scare Ravages of bears The boat for "Westminster A 

 frozen bath at 4 a.m. A horse-owner's career The scorn of 

 beggary Good-bye to old Mr. S. Large breeds of cattle 

 Tempting rise of trout A little wading Sinking in a quick- 

 sand A rueful spectacle A river fight in difficulties Bril- 

 liant trout Fourteen Mile House Free whisky Riding 

 through darkness and rain A fagged-out mare A dead 

 stop In the lurch A welcome recovery Arrival in 

 shelter 143 



LETTER XIV. 



Wild beasts and wild men Princetown Old Quilltasket 

 Law in British Columbia Indifferent Christians Polygamy 

 Getting whisky Traits of civilization How the Indians 

 live A seventh husband Opinion about the ladies The 

 women hardly known from the men ----- 152 



LETTER XV. 



Indian fairy-tales In cow-market About Tumisco His 

 adventures The story of Kee-Kee-Was The story of Sour- 

 grub Scuse, from Loo-loo-hoo-loo Smothering invalids 

 Funeral feasts A child's ' wake ' Waste of goods The fear 

 of ghosts Paying debts of the deceased - - - - 158 



