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hulk ol it to .\usliai;"ak Mission now in tlic suninuT l)y schooner; then 

 1 would l)e on the <2;rouiu! hy Deceniher \ ') or so, and start the herd 

 I'roin Bethel with a h^i2;lit sui)ply and make a fast run to Nushagak, 

 where I woukl iind a resupply, rest a httk', and then start for the real 

 trip up the Koiehak to lliannia Lake, follow that body of water to 

 Clark Lake, from where I would cross to Cook Inlet and travel on the 

 sea ice up to the head of the bay, to Knik village, then follow Knik 

 River up to the lake, and then cross to Copper Center. The advan- 

 tage w ould still be larger by having a little sup])ly ])laced at Cook 

 Inlet, about at Toyonok ^Mission. 



There are so many advantages in being able to travel on rivers and 

 lakes that they can not be described, and a herd can be driven twice 

 as fast on a lake as on land, because there is no food to tempt the 

 animals to linger. They can be driven on a trot the whole day and 

 at night brought to the shore, where they will be busy feeding over 

 night and will not have time to roam about and scatter, but will be 

 ready in a bunch for the next day's travel. 



Well, Doctor, these are only my personal views, and the man who 

 goes can surely do as he pleases and pick his own way. 



Yours, truly, 



Wm. a. Kjellmanx. 

 SiiELDox Jackson, 



Washington, D. C. 



ANNU.VL REPORT FROM TELLER REINDEER STATION. 

 By T. L. Brevig, iu charge. 



Teller Keixdeer Station, 



Jnhj 14, 1904. 



Dear Sir : I hereby submit the annual report from this station for 

 1903 and 1904. 



During the summer, fall, and early winter the herd was kept north 

 of Grantlv Harbor, on Sunset and Rock creeks. In January it 

 was removed to the usual wdnter cj[uarters on the Agiapuk River. 

 The hoof disease raged in the herd, causing many deaths, especially 

 among the faw ns. In ^lay the herd was moved across the bay near 

 Bering, and is now 4 miles southwest of Bering, where it has dry 

 ground and good pasturage. The fawning season w^as favorable, 379 

 surviving the season of 1904. Mrs. Brevig and children left for the 

 outside July 12, as her health made it necessary for her to get a change. 

 October 12 Mrs. G. Weeks and Miss H. Naas arrived, after a most 

 hazardous and trying tri]) from Nome to Teller, to help me during 

 the winter; but failing health nuide it an absolute necessity for me 

 to go outside, so Mr. A. Howick ollered to stay during the winter, and 



