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no material at hand for tent poles. We carried 

 on the packs from our morning's camp enough 

 wood for the cook-stove, but that was all. By 

 erecting Harry's tentobed first it gave us a foun- 

 dation from which to spread a tarp to cover the 

 beds of William, Rogers and myself, so we were 

 soon at ease on that score. Jimmie, the cook, 

 soon had his stove up and a-blazing, and by 

 stretching a tarp from one bush to another next 

 the stove he had a very effective windbreak, 

 altho the cooking and eating were all accom- 

 plished in the rain. 



The guides all bunked together in the edge of 

 the bushes after stretching canvas over the alders 

 where their beds were laid. Jimmie made a sort 

 of camouflage lean-to near the stove, but got 

 pretty badly wet before morning. Altogether 

 it was a very uncomfortable night, and therefore 

 we felt in no mood upon arising to enjoy the 

 beautiful scenery hereabouts. 



The first ptarmigan encountered on the trip 

 was seen the following morning — a covey of only 

 three or four. In fact, ptarmigan were rarely 

 seen. I doubt if more than twenty-five of these 

 birds were met with by all the members of our 

 party while out, and not more than half a dozen 

 rabbits. A couple or so years before they were 

 both found there in great numbers. From what 

 I could learn, both the ptarmigan and rabbits 

 die off after they become so plentiful that the 

 food olays out. Then a plague seems to take 



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