Hunting at High Altitudes 



and killed by hunters, and as this occurs during 

 the summer season, their fur is of very little value. 

 The period of the salmon run, in fact the entire 

 summer, should be made a closed season for bear 

 throughout this district. Owing to the recent de- 

 cline in the price of bear skins, these splendid ani- 

 mals have been hunted rather less than formerly. 



The black bear occurs commonly in Vancouver 

 and Queen Charlotte Islands, but as far as I know 

 not in any of the large islands north. They are, 

 however, found along the mainland of the south- 

 eastern coast, and probably everywhere through 

 the interior in the timbered region. The blue or 

 glacier bear is found rarely around the glaciers of 

 the Mt. St. Elias region. 



Grizzlies occur in considerable numbers along 

 the mainland of the coast as far north as Skagway, 

 and are found in relatively small numbers through- 

 out the interior. There are very few grizzly bears 

 on the Seward Peninsula, and I was unable to get 

 any skulls or to obtain any definite data concerning 

 them. This bear may prove an interesting type if 

 a sufficient series of specimens could be obtained. 



There are huge bears found on the large islands 

 around Juneau and Sitka, which have been referred 

 to two separate species, and their numbers are in- 

 dicated by the fact that about seventy-five animals, 



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