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a high mountain on the left. He was rather 

 careless of where he walked. A dense fog 

 "as black as Acheron" enveloped the moun- 

 tain of ice, and the man paid no heed to the 

 warnings given him by his guide to stay in 

 one place while the fog lasted. He strolled 

 on leisurely, and, all unconscious of impend- 

 ing danger, and without any knowledge of 

 where he was going, he stepped over the brink 

 of the mountain top and at once disappeared 

 in the gloom of the fog. This was in the be- 

 ginning of October, and his body was not dis- 

 covered until the ensuing July. Upon his per- 

 son was found a paid-up insurance policy for 

 $20,000 in favor of his sister. By this means 

 his identity was established. The natives, in 

 talking about this catastrophe afterwards, de- 

 plored the fact that his rifle when found "was 

 all broke to pieces." There was but little sor- 

 row for the man, but much for the broken 

 rifle. 



I have already said the Chief was impa- 

 tient to go on, so he led the way down to the 

 bottom where we saw many caribou trails and 

 in the distance several caribou, mostly cows or 

 spike horns. 



We also came to a small moose lake where 

 two moose cows and a calf were quietly feed- 



