378 RECENT HUNTING TRIPS. 



River practically came to an end as far as 

 shooting was concerned, for, with the exception 

 of one young buU moose, which we saw feeding 

 in a lagoon close to the river the day after we 

 passed the cabin below Plateau Mountain, I met 

 with no other game of any kind. 



Going down stream at the rate of sixtj^ or 

 seventy miles a day, we reached Selkirk on the 

 Yukon, without difficulty or incident of any 

 kind, on the evening of September 20th, and 

 four days later got back to Whitehorse by 

 steamer. 



Various reasons compelled me then to abandon 

 mj^ projected trip with pack horses after wild 

 sheep in the country to the west of "White- 

 horse, and to return to England as quickly as 

 possible. 



On the Avhole I think I may consider that 

 this short trip was a fairly successful one. 



Its principal object was to obtain some good 

 specimens of the magnificent caribou of the 

 Yukon, and in this respect it more than ful- 

 filled my expectations. In addition I had shot 

 two very fine moose bulls and two large timber 



