IN THE ALASKA- YUKON GAMELANDS 



ditions. Of course in this instance no one was 

 at all to blame for what happened. 



On this day Cap and I crossed the Generc 

 early in the morning. This is a glacial stream, 

 the bar (or bed) of which is two miles across, 

 being cut up by many channels, and very swift 

 flowing. We climbed the mountain on the op- 

 posite side of the Generc for a hunt in the car- 

 ibou country. We separated at the foot of the 

 mountain, going up separate draws. After I 

 reached the top — a great barren, rolling country 

 — I was attracted first by the snort of my horse 

 and later by a couple of dark objects that were 

 lying down four hundred yards ahead, in the 

 direction in which the horse had scented the 

 "danger." As I dismounted and stood behind 

 my horse they (a cow caribou and yearling) 

 came toward me much as a curious antelope 

 would approach a "flagging" outpost. They 

 were both in the velvet — the yearling with horns 

 not over eight inches long. As I didn't care for 

 them for our group — both being in velvet — I 

 didn't make any attempt at stalking. They 

 moved around me in a quartercircle, and after 

 all of us (even the horse, who was very much 

 perturbed) had satisfied our curiosity they dis- 

 appeared in a swale beyond and were seen no 

 more. 



I soon saw Cap thru the glasses on another 

 mountain opposite me, and as he was working 

 down I also descended. I had covered about 



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