368 RECENT HUNTING TRIPS. 



On September 13th, Coghlan and Thomas 

 went and brought in the heads, and some of 

 the meat of the stags I had shot on the 

 preceding day, whilst I remained in camp, 

 cleaning and preserving the complete skin 

 and hoofs of the one, and the headskin of 

 the other. 



On the following day my men carried the 

 heads, together with some of our camp outfit, 

 and a supply of meat, down to the river, as I 

 now wanted to leave the caribou ground and 

 look for moose in the forests on the lower slopes 

 of the hills. 



It was my intention, if I could shoot another 

 good moose bull pretty quickl}^ to get back 

 to Whitehorse as soon as possible, and make 

 a little trip after sheep from there, taking a 

 couple of pack horses with me, so as to be 

 able to move about. 



In the Macmillan country, with no means of 

 transport but the backs of three men, one 

 cannot cover much ground after first " packing " 

 up into the mountains, and as sheep rams 

 band together in the summer and autumn, 



