ILLUSTRATIONS 



Except when otherwise noted, all these illustrations are from photographs 

 made by John M. Phillips, and have been reproduced without the slightest al- 

 teration or retouching. 



The Finest Mountain Goat Picture Frontispiece 



FACINO 



Michel, British Columbia, Looking West. PAGE 



Photograph by Thomas Crahan 12 



Elk River . . . 16 



Hornaday Mountain ...., 20 



Trout Fishing at Josephine Falls 28 



The Pack-Train Leaving Sulphur Spring Camp 32 



Fording Elk River 38 



The Valley of Goat Creek ' . * 44 



Goats Running through our Camp 48 



The Size of a Mountain Goat 52 



Weighing Mountain Goat No. I by Sections 58 



"The Moment of Triumph,'* caught unawares 62 



Phillips Peak, from Bird Mountain 68 



A Female Sooty Grouse 70 



Female Ptarmigan, in Summer Plumage 70 



Young Mountain Sheep Ram 74 



The Sky Pasture of the Thirteen "Billy" Goats .... 82 



Taking the First Shot 82 



A Mountain Goat at Home . v 86 



Front Foot of a Mountain Goat. Drawn by Miss Helen Ingersoll 98 



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