American Big Game in its Haunts 



In the afternoon we decided to watch a new 

 place. We carried the baidarka up a small stream 

 and launched it In quite a large and picturesque 

 lake. We slowly paddled along the shores and 

 watched near the mouths of several salmon 

 streams. By twelve o'clock we had not even seen 

 a track, so I decided to return to camp and get 

 some much needed sleep. The natives were to call 

 me early the next morning, for I had decided to 

 return to Paramonoff Bay. 



I think this was the only time in my hunting life 

 that I was deliberately lazy; but, although my 

 natives called me several times, I slept right on 

 until nine o'clock. I was strongly tempted when 

 we got under way to start back by continuing 

 around the Island of Afognak; but Nikolai was 

 anxious to have me give Paramonoff Bay another 

 trial. He thought the run of the humpback sal- 

 mon might have begun since we left, and if this 

 was so, we were likely to find some large bears near 

 the streams we had watched the week before. I 

 had great confidence in his judgment, and there- 

 fore decided to retrace our steps. 



We made a start about ten o'clock, but after a 

 couple of hours' paddling, when we had met a fail- 

 tide to help us on, I lit my pipe and allowed my 

 men to do all the work, while I lay back 



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