IN THE GOAT AND GLACIER FIELDS 



during day, ten miles a mileage negotiable by 

 auto on a good road in fifteen minutes; quite 

 some comparison when you contemplate it. 



The information developed since our goat 

 hunt on Finger Mountain (also called Rhinoc- 

 eros Peak) that there was a better chance of 

 getting billies on the mountain north of Finger 

 Mountain and across Rohn Glacier from it (in 

 fact, Mr. Baxter told us that billies were not 

 found on Finger Mountain, so we decided to lay 

 over a day at Clark's, and allow William and 

 Rogers to try their luck for a male goat. There- 

 fore, accompanied by Cap, Wooden and Shorty, 

 they departed. Harry, Jimmie Brown and I 

 thought we'd put in the time riding up the trail- 

 a few miles to the Frederika (the route of our 

 proposed ride on the morrow), in the hope that 

 we might see a bear. We saw the fresh track of 

 a little black bear that led us up the Skolai and 

 onto Frederika Glacier, but, losing it on the 

 glacier we returned to camp, after traveling about 

 fifteen miles. The other members returned at 

 8 p. m. and reported that Baxter's outfit (guiding 

 Mr. Corcoran) had beat them to the mountain 

 aimed for, and that, as far as they could see and 

 learn, the other party had succeeded in getting 

 some billy goats. Wooden reported that he and 

 William had crawled up to within 150 yards of a 

 ram, which William missed. 



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