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some years previous are still current. A single hunter is re- 

 ported to have killed forty-five animals in one season's hunt. 

 But, as in many other places in the best game countries, it is 

 this sort of thing that is making animal life scarce." 



On his return from the North he reached Juneau on June 

 26, and arrived at Wrangel the following day. Here he found 

 Mr. M. P. Anderson, his assistant, already at work collecting 

 small mammals. The party left on July 8 for the headwaters 

 of the Stickine River, in which general region collecting was 

 carried on till October 23. The party then returned to the 

 coast, and two weeks were spent on Kupreanof Island, col- 

 lecting deer and small mammals. 



Work in the interior was begun at Telegraph (village), July 

 10, and continued there until August 18, with a side trip into 

 the Cheonnee Mountains, to the south of Telegraph Creek, 

 and others to the 'Summit,' twelve miles north of Telegraph. 

 The country about Telegraph is described by Mr. Anderson, 

 in his MS. report, as broken, the river, below the village, 

 flowing between terraced hills, which gradually rise toward 

 the mountains. "The terraces, sometimes three in number, 

 are composed of drift, and are broken and irregular. Above 

 the village the walls of the river become more precipitous, and 

 there are frequent basaltic cliffs, with taluses sloping to the 

 water's edge. Back of the village, on each side of the creek, 

 rise cliffs with talus p*iles, and above these other terraces, level 

 bottoms, and flat -topped hills. Wherever rock appears in 

 place it is lava." The timber consists of 'black pine,' a 

 spruce, two species of juniper, growing in low patches on the 

 dry hillsides, poplars and a few birches. Raspberries were 

 abundant everywhere, sabis berries on the hillsides, and 

 gooseberries, strawberries and currants were more or less 

 plentiful in suitable places. 



No attempt was made here to collect large mammals, but 

 about 650 small mammals were obtained during the stay at 

 Telegraph Creek, including those taken on the side trips to 

 the Cheonnee Mountains and the 'Summit,' at the head of 

 Telegraph Creek. 



Mr. Stone, with his three assistants, and four animals carry- 



