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met Mr. Hasard at Kenai he had secured a grand head of 

 71 inches. 



I know there are many people who scoff at the idea, but 

 I maintain that to any in need of a hunter when after moose, 

 the services of such men as these two brothers are invaluable 

 at any reasonable price. " The proof of the pudding is in the 

 eating," and every season sportsmen who have employed Berg 

 have come out with the record heads of the year obtained on 

 the Kenai Peninsula. If further proof than this is required 

 in support of my argument, I know not what it can be. 



Leaving Glyn in possession of my old camp, I set out 

 towards the lake, meaning to join Little at our base camp, 

 then to cross the lake and strike a trail leading to Nicolai 

 Creek. We little expected what stirring events were to 

 happen ere we all three met again. I found Little just 

 returning to camp with a fine lot of willow-ptarmigan, having 

 been out with the gun since daylight to collect some good 

 specimens of these splendid birds, which we wanted for the 

 British Museum. We both set to work skinning these and 

 a few other birds, such as hawks and owls, which he had 

 on hand. 



That evening we camped on the lake shore at the mouth 

 of a small creek which was full of dead and dying salmon. 

 The smell of these dead fish and the consequent pollution of 

 the water were awful, but we had to make the best of the 

 water for cooking purposes. 



Next morning we were favoured with a calm day for cross- 

 ing the lake, and a row of six or seven miles took us to the 

 other side. Here there was an old and uninhabited cabin, 

 where we left our base supplies and started off on a five hours' 

 pack along the trail to Nicolai Creek. We reached the site 

 of Colonel Cane's old camp in the evening, and found many 



