The Journal of a Sporting Nomad 



with the presents I had brought him. The 

 moose and sheep were eventually set up by him, 

 and are now to be seen in that museum. 



There was rather a stir in big-game circles over 

 my success with these sheep, for they had never 

 been brought to Europe before, and were even 

 new to Fannin, although he had heard of them. 

 The result was that some of my friends, and 

 others, took an early opportunity of visiting 

 Kenai and Kusiloff to obtain the heads they 

 required. My friend Captain Radclyffe has 

 made three, or more, trips to Alaska after the 

 bear, moose, and sheep, and has written an 

 interesting book on this particular country, 

 which is the standard work on the subject. 

 Hunter, I am glad to say, has not forgotten me, 

 for he writes pretty regularly in the spring and 

 fall of the year, telling me his news. He found 

 a placer gold mine near Mount McKinley, which 

 he worked satisfactorily, and sent me, in a 

 registered letter, eight or nine small nuggets as 

 proof of his success. 



After spending a week or so in Victoria, I 

 determined to go back to England, as I had now 

 been away for nearly eighteen months. I still 

 wanted a good Rocky Mountain sheep, so ar- 

 ranged to make a short trip to a place called 

 the Basin, which is reached by leaving the main 

 C.P.R. line at Ashcroft. A friend of mine 

 wanted to accompany me, so we started together 



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