CONTENTS 



CHAP. ^ PAGE 



I. WE SET OUT FOR ALASKA ..... I 



II. THE VOYAGE NORTH 26 



III. ON KODIAK ISLAND 43 



IV. BROWN BEARS 53 



V. COASTING ALONG THE ALASKA PENINSULA . . 69 



VI. DUTCH HARBOUR AND ITS ENVIRONS ... 84 



VII. A BEAR HUNT AND AN EPISODE .... 99 



VIII FURTHER TRIPS ON THE PENINSULA . . .112 



IX. A VARIETY OF SHOOTING AND FISHING INCIDENTS 128 



X. A MOVE IN SEARCH OF OTHER QUARRY . .151 



XI. AMONGST THE WALRUS ISLANDS . . . .164 



XII. THE ESTUARY OF THE KUSKOKWIM . . .177 



XIII. ON THE KUSKOKWIM RIVER 192 



XIV. HUNTING THE WHITE SHEEP 218 



XV. THE SPIRIT OF THE MOUNTAIN .... 237 



XVI. IN THE PRIMEVAL FOREST 252 



XVII. MOOSE HUNTING 273 



XVIII. A SCHOLAR OF THE WILDERNESS .... 292 



XIX. THE PRECIPICE MATRIMONIAL .... 307 



