IN THE ALASKA- YUKON GAMELANDS 



met the pleasant doctor, who is, from the crown 

 of his head to the soles of his feet, an athlete and 

 a model of imperturbability — 225 pounds of non- 

 superfluous avoirdupois and over a six-footer in 

 height. I afterward remarked to Mr. James 

 that if I possessed that man's physique, his nerve 

 and his undoubted strength, I would turn bear 

 hunter immediately and follow no other occupa- 

 tion. At his office he showed us grizzly skins that 

 he had killed — a short distance from the Copper 

 River Railroad, ten to one hundred miles from 

 Cordova. These hides were found in shades run- 

 ning from almost black to a dark cream, and 

 were grizzly, notwithstanding the fact that some 

 people up there called them "big brown." The 

 grizzly evidence showed everywhere — in the very 

 long fore-claws (the big browns do not have as 

 long fore-claws as the grizzly), in the accent- 

 uated shoulder hump, in the very small ears and 

 in the silver-tip hair — with the exception that, 

 as I now recall it, the lighter shades did not show 

 this silver-tip effect. However, I have seen 

 grizzlies in the States of a pure creamy shade in 

 which the silver-tip characteristic was entirely 

 lacking. Asked if these were the kind of bears 

 found in the interior, Dr. Council said he thought 

 there were no other than this phase to be found 

 there. 



From Dr. Council's remarks, and judging by 

 the skins shown us, and from conversations 

 with others that we met, both along the coast and 



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