II. 



BEAR HUNTING ON THE ALASKA PENINSULA 



The year before I had chanced to meet an old 

 pilot who had the reputation of knowing every 

 nook and corner of the Alaskan coast. He told 

 me several times of the great numbers of bears 

 that he had often seen in a certain bay on the 

 Alaska Peninsula, and advised me most strongly to 

 try this place. We now determined to visit this 

 bay in a good sized schooner we had chartered 

 from the North American Commercial Company. 



There were numerous delays in getting started, 

 but finally, on May 31, we set sail, and in two days 

 were landed at our new shooting grounds. Rarely 

 in modern days does it fall to the lot of amateurs 

 to meet with better sport than we had for the next 

 month. 



The schooner landed us with our natives, two 

 baidarkas, and all our provisions, near the mouth 

 of the harbor. Here we made our base of sup- 

 plies, and the next morning in our two canoes 

 started with our hunters to explore this wonderful 



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