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We turned many comers before entering Gastineau 

 Channel on which Juneau is situated. Lying on a 

 scant bit of low land, backed by lofty mountains, nearly 

 a nule high, the situation of Juneau is very picturesque. 

 We foimd it a busy place, the center of a population 

 estimated at 5,000, for in its inmiediate vicinity were 

 the most productive deep rock gold mines of Alaska. 

 On Douglas Island, nearly opposite the town, a landing 

 was made to let us go through the famous Treadwell 

 gold mine which had been producing for many years. 

 Other promising mines of the same character were being 

 opened up on the main land near the town, and these 

 enterprises, employing many hundreds of men and cer- 

 tain for years to come, gave Juneau a stabihty that no 

 other Alaskan city had shown us, and doubtless had 

 helped to make it the capital of the territory. We had 

 here secured from Governor Strong the hunting licenses 

 for our summer's trip and to him we must make reports 

 of our deeds in the chase. All other game except moose 

 was accoimted for by affidavits made to the local game 

 wardens, but in order to export heads of the great deer 

 of the Kenai Peninsula it was necessary to secure ship- 

 ping Hcenses from the Governor in addition to the himt- 

 ing licenses which we had already secured, as the strict 

 regulations surrounding the killing of the moose in that 

 locahty were jealously observed. 



The larger islands of the Alexander Archipelago, nota- 

 bly Chichagof, Baranof and Admiralty Islands, were the 

 homes of numerous Alaskan brown bear. They had 

 been hunted systematically by Charles Sheldon of New 

 York, and the types described by Dr. Merriam of the 

 Biological Survey. 



Between the closely fitting shores of Chichagof and 



