" SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA " 249 



We stayed at the head waters of the stream until 

 the afternoon and, as rain was again threatening, we 

 took our departure for the same nesting place which 

 we had used the night before. Our hunt for moose 

 and caribou came to nothing. 



However, we did not regret the lost time or the 

 labor expended in reaching this remarkable piece of 

 territory. The lure of the big game had taken us to a 

 wonderfully grand section of country, which was 

 totally new. Sooner or later it will attract tourists 

 from near and far by its beauty and rugged grandeur. 



We have seen mountains that as yet have never been 

 limned by the artist's brush or portrayed through the 

 medium of the stereoptic camera. In fact, I question 

 much whether the territory has ever before been written 

 about. 



Several men in Barkerville asked if we intended 

 writing about the country and if we expected to print 

 what was written. We said we surely would if the 

 sights we saw warranted it. So this is possibly the 

 first screed that has been written upon this vast sweep 

 of country, hemmed in by mountains that are not yet 

 even named, watered by streams along the shores of 

 which even a prospector has not yet trod. 



One man we know has climbed to the top of three 

 mountains, but where are the men who have scaled the 

 others ? The probability is that their tops have never 

 yet been trod by the foot of man. 



