Mount Ilamina 
bears—they had taken themselves off to the 
woods. We determined to have one more try 
on our way back to the ship in the harbour, and 
for this purpose camped in the prettiest place 
I ever pitched tent upon. It was on a high 
rock, flat on the top, and with a few trees and 
shrubs on it. We moored the boat to a tree 
before turning in that evening. What was our 
surprise next morning to find the boat perched 
up on some huge rocks; the tide had receded 
and left her very much high and dry, and it was 
impossible even to think of releasing her from 
this position. This tide must have been well on 
towards thirty feet in height, and we were 
obliged to remain for the better part of the day 
awaiting the incoming tide, should it be high 
enough to float the boat from off her perilous 
position. 
On our return to Kenai we had not been in 
the house an hour when a Chinaman knocked at 
the door. This man spoke quite decent pidgin- 
English and answered my questions willingly. 
He had heard that we had shot a bear, and came 
to ask if Hunter would sell him the gall-bladder 
and feet. After considerable bartering, these 
treasures passed into the Chinaman’s possession, 
the gall-bladder realizing one dollar and the four 
feet one dollar and fifty cents. The Chinaman told 
me that they soaked the feet in whisky (Chinese), 
when it became “‘ heap good medicine,” and the 
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