LET US GO AFIELD 



run up into British Columbia north of the line; or 

 in the Selkirks and upper Rockies, there are es- 

 pecially in the western ranges some mountain sheep 

 and a good many goats, but very rarely a grizzly 

 now. The crossing of that country by the Grand 

 Trunk Pacific has or soon will put an end to cer- 

 tainty of great sport. The local guides and out- 

 fitters, of course, will hardly agree with this state- 

 ment, though it is a very fair one. 



The best outdoor country and the best big-game 

 country the world ever saw ran along the eastern 

 slope of the Rocky Mountains, in the foothills or 

 the edge of the high plains, from Alberta south to 

 Arizona. That country is pretty well exhausted 

 now. There are a very few antelopes in Saskatche- 

 wan, and from there south to Arizona there is not 

 one state where an antelope can be or at least ought 

 to be killed today. The species is passing away so 

 rapidly that we ought not to kill antelopes at all 

 for a long time. 



In Arizona, in the remote desert regions, and in 

 a part of desert California, there are a few ante- 

 lopes left not many. There are about twelve in 

 the area close to the petrified forest, between Ada- 

 mana and Holbrook. There are about a dozen near 

 the mouth of Chevelon Creek, near Winslow. South- 

 west of Winslow, about forty-five miles from the 



104 



