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among the ranges and willow is abundant on all the 

 slopes. All the Glenlyons are fine ranges for moose, but 

 I did not see even an old track, nor were any of the wil- 

 lows mutilated by their browsing. In the lower country 

 outside of the range, moose signs were abundant. 



No signs of caribou were observed. It is strange that 

 when wolves were so near, no tracks appeared in the 

 snow above near the sheep. Foxes were more abundant 

 in the Glenlyons than in any of the country near the Pelly 

 where I had been. 



October i. Jefferies went up to the camp the next 

 day to bring back the rest of the meat, and I tramped 

 five miles north of the river to a fair-sized lake, more 

 to see the country than anything else. It had all been 

 burned over and was full of tangled, fallen timber. While 

 returning late in the afternoon I must have seen several 

 hundred rabbits. That year was the period of maxi- 

 mum abundance of the rabbits, but the following year 

 they were scarce. 



October 2-3. The river had fallen several inches dur- 

 ing the time we had been up in the Glenlyons, and all the 

 trees were bare. The whole country was ready and wait- 

 ing for winter to seal it up. For the next two days we 

 paddled without incident, except the sight of two lynxes 

 at different places on the bank of the river. My bullets 

 failed to hit them. Lynxes do not appear to be frightened 

 by a canoe floating by. I have seen many sitting indiffer- 

 ently on the bank and watching the canoe if it is near 

 the middle of the river, or crouching in a hiding attitude 

 if it is close to the bank. That year when rabbits were so 



