IN THE ALASKA-YUKON GAMELANDS 



other ranges. While camped on this crest five 

 years before with Messrs. Vereker and Cad- 

 bury, two English sportsmen hunting under his 

 guidance, Cap had noticed that the sheep were 

 in the habit of passing his camp in the timber 

 every day. As they had plenty of water above, 

 their object could not have been for the purpose 

 of finding drink; possibly some esjDecial browse 

 in that locality was the attraction. We reached 

 camp at 7 o'clock. 



We all drew blanks the next day. Harry and 

 Jimmy went down the Generc for caribou. They 

 saw two, but as they were about the same as to 

 size and sex as those secured the previous day 

 they did not molest them. William and Billy 

 went up the Generc, but the signs not being right, 

 they returned early. Cap and I climbed the hill 

 in the direction of my moose killing, but the 

 ubiquitous ill-omen seemed to be with us, so we 

 marched down the hill again and to camp, de- 

 ciding then and there that if there were any 

 more moose or caribou thereabouts they were so 

 scarce as to be not worth the time and labor 

 required to go and get them. 



The next morning saw us working like beavers 

 packing up and getting ready to move back to 

 our old sheep camp on the Kletsan, hoping that, 

 either while en route or at that camp we might 

 see some encouraging moose or caribou sign; or, 

 if we should not, then we planned hunting there 

 a few days for sheep. Harry and I, with about 



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