LET US GO AFIELD 



moments than those spent here in the snow, watch- 

 ing these great creatures at actual first hand. 



The wind was straight from me to them and it 

 was useless to try to stalk, even did they settle down 

 and cease working on out of the country. I doubted 

 whether I could get around them, but was just about 

 to start down for the attempt when I heard shuffling 

 in the snow behind me and saw Kuroki, somewhat 

 out of breath. He had been trailing me across the 

 mountain, thinking I might be lost, or that he might 

 be, I do not know which. We both decided that, 

 slight as the chance was, it was better now than it 

 might be the next day, by which time the game 

 might be altogether gone. 



"The Grizzly Bear Company, Limited, expects 

 every man to do his duty, Kuroki," said I, as I took 

 up a hole in my belt. Then we took a flying run 

 across the snow-face which carried us over a mile 

 angling down. So we reached the broken ground 

 along many canons, and labored hard in alder tan- 

 gles and devil's-club. We must hasten and yet we 

 must wait; for until the wind should shift with the 

 night cool, and come down the canons instead of up 

 from the sea, we could not hope to stalk our game 

 successfully. 



Perhaps it was the ten dollars, perhaps the hope 

 of glory, which kept Kuroki going. I admit he let 



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