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tailed deer, Cervus columbianus ; the mule-deer,, 

 Cervus macrotus the Virginia deer, Cervus virgin- 

 ianus ; the caribou, the Rocky Mountain goat r 

 Rocky Mountain sheep, the grizzly and black bear. 

 Among the smaller mammals there are the raccoon, 

 the cougar, wild cat, gray wolf, black wolf, prairie 

 wolf or coyote, gray and red fox, fisher, mink, 

 martin, oeaver, otter, sea otter, red squirrel, ermine, 

 muskrat, sea lion, fur and hair seals, wolverine,, 

 skunk, badger, porcupine, marmot, swamp hare, 

 jack-rabbit, etc. Of birds and wild fowls there is. 

 a long list, among which may be mentioned several 

 varieties of geese and brant, including the rare and 

 toothsome black brant, which in season hovers in 

 black clouds about the sand spits ; the canvas back, 

 red head, blue bill, teal, widgeon, shoveler, and vari- 

 ous other ducks ; ruffed, pinnated, and blue grouse \ 

 various snipes and plovers ; eagles, hawks, owls> 

 woodpeckers, jays, magpies, nuthatches, warblers, 

 sparrows, etc. There are many varieties of game and 

 food fishes in the Sound and its tributaries, in ad- 

 dition to the salmon and trout already mentioned. 

 In short, this whole country is a paradise for the 

 sportsman and the naturalist, whatever the specialty 

 of either. 



We left Seattle, en route for Victoria, at seven 

 o'clock on a bright, crisp November morning. The 

 air was still, the bay was like a sheet of glass, and 

 only long, low swells were running outside. We 

 had a charming view of the Cascade Mountains to 

 the east and the Olympics to the west, all day. The 

 higher peaks were covered with snow, and the sun- 

 light glinted and shimmered across them in playf ul, 



