CONTENTS. 9 



wooded mountains Goat shot on brink of 

 chasm Ptarmigan for supper Goat hunting 

 very hard work Ways and habits of the goats 

 Not much decrease in numbers 129 



CHAPTER VIII. 



HUNTING IN THE SELKIRKS ; THE CARIBOU. 



A camp on Kootenai Lake Travelling on foot 

 through the dense forests Excessive toil Wa- 

 ter shrew and water thrush Black bear killed 

 Mountain climbing Woodchucks and conies 

 The Indian Amma.1 Night sounds A long 

 walk A caribou killed A midwinter trip on 

 snow-shoes in Maine Footprints on the snow 

 A helpless deer Caribou at ease in the deep 

 drifts 1 50 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE WAPITI OR ROUND-HORNED ELK. 



A hunt in the Bitter Root mountains A trip on 

 foot Two bull elk fighting The peace-maker 

 All three shot Habits of the wapiti Their 

 bungling A grand chorus Shooting a bull at 

 sunrise Another killed near the ranch Vanish- 

 ing of the elk Its antlers The lynx Porcupine 

 Chickarees and chipmunks Clarke's crow 

 Lewis' woodpecker Whisky-jack Trout The 

 Yellowstone canyon 176 



CHAPTER X. 



AN ELK-HUNT AT TWO-OCEAN PASS. 



In the Shoshones Travelling with a pack-train 

 Scenery Flowers A squaw-man Bull elk shot 

 in rain while challenging Storm Breaking 

 camp in rain Two-Ocean Pass Our camp A 

 y^oung ten-pointer shot The mountains in moon- 

 light Blue grouse Snow-shoe rabbits Death 

 of a master bull The Tetons Following a bull 

 by scent 111 luck Luck changes Death of 

 spike bull Three bulls killed Travelling home 

 Heavy snowstorm Bucking horse various 

 hunts compared Number cartridges used Still- 

 hunting the elk 198 



