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For the next two days we paddled down the Pelly 

 and late in the evening of October 7 we reached the 

 Pelly Road House where Rungius, Osgood, and I re- 

 mained for the night, while Selous went on down to Sel- 

 kirk. The Pelly was full of ice, particularly above the 

 canon, through which we had to float with it. A herring- 

 gull and a cross fox were the only live objects observed 

 on the Pelly. 



We remained at Selkirk until the afternoon of Octo- 

 ber 9, when the small steamer La France picked us up 

 and carried us to Whitehorse, where we arrived early on 

 October 13. Gage had gone back to Dawson; Coghlan 

 remained at Pelly Road House to pass the winter looking 

 after the horses used on the stage route between White- 

 horse and Dawson, while Louis had gone up the Lewes 

 River to catch dog salmon, which pass the mouth of the 

 Pelly without entering it, for a supply of food for the 

 dogs at the Selkirk Police Post. All had been excellent 

 men, hard-working, efficient, always interested, and will- 

 ing. When they left Selkirk, we realized that our Mac- 

 Millan trip had ended. 



