CONTENTS. 25 



Lebarge — Eeach Selkirk — Birds along the river — 

 Indians of the Yukon — Start up the Pelly River — 

 Game killed by Indians, trappers, prospectors, and 

 meat-hunters — Destruction of a large band of caribou 

 —A moose cow shot for food — The Gull Eocks — Poling 

 and towing the canoe — A walk along the river's bank 

 — A luxuriant undergrowth — Tracks of bears — 

 Diminution of beavers — The Pelly Canyon — A solitary 

 prospector — A lynx bagged — The cabin under Plateau 

 Mountain — Two English trappers — A trapper's work — 

 Usefulness of dogs — Mr. and Mrs. Hosfall — A remark- 

 able woman — A terrible adventure — Russell Creek — 

 Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong — Number of moose in 

 winter — A giant bull — Reach the forks of the Mac- 

 millan — Start up the South Fork — Bear tracks — 

 The salmon of the Yukon — Our base camp — Start 

 for the mountains — A doe caribou shot for food — Our 

 moimtain camp — A herd of caribou — They come 

 within a few yards of me — A big stag — He gets my 

 wind — My second shot kills him — A caribou calf is 

 inquisitive. 



CHAPTER IX. 



SPORT WITH BIG GAME IN THE 

 MOUNTAmS OF THE MACMILLAN. 



Ravens, the scavengers of the Yukon — Caribou 

 shot during a snow storm — A long day with Thomas 

 — Another fine stag shot — Types of caribou horns — 

 A fine head — Black wolf shot — The wolves of Alaska 



