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cated forty ewes and lambs high up on another 

 mountain, which we climbed in order to see the other 

 side, which turned out to be dotted with ewes and 

 lambs and nothing else. After looking over all the 

 peaks within stalking distance and seeing not a single 

 ram, we decided to descend through the timber and 

 look for moose until we should reach the St. Clair 

 River, where we would look out for bear. In going 

 through the timber we saw a cow moose, which we 

 did not molest, but continued on and finally climbed 

 a butte at the edge of the St. Clair bottoms. While 

 eating lunch we searched the gravel bottom for bear, 

 but our only reward was to pick up a large porcupine 

 through the glasses. 



Late in the afternoon we started back to camp, 

 traveling along the St. Clair bottoms and then cut- 

 ting across the soggy tundra to Bull Creek. The 

 daylight does not linger nearly as long as when we 

 began our trip and darkness found us still several 

 miles from camp, with sore feet from stumbling 

 about on the difficult footing of the bowlder-strewn 

 creek, but we felt our way slowly and finally dragged 

 ourselves to the camp fire after doing twenty-five 

 miles since breakfast. George Wright has come in 

 from his horse hunt, having located the two strays 

 back on the Donjeck River. On the way up 

 Wolverine Creek, Wright found Jack Hayden's 

 bedding and the other pannier with one hundred 



