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plenty of surf scoter ducks, mallards, pintails, 

 and butter balls. 



Of birds of prey there were a great plenty 

 and variety, including the golden eagle, 

 horned owl, sharp shinned hawk, pigeon 

 hawk, goshawk, and raven. 



Of small birds, the Alaska jay, belted king- 

 fisher, chickadee, water ouzel, water thrush, 

 spotted sand-piper, and one solitary Wilson 

 snipe were seen. 



Of fur-coated animals I, personally, saw 

 three silver foxes, one black fox (a real beauty 

 he was), two red foxes (both full grown and 

 well furred), some weasels and red squirrels, 

 myriads of gophers, and six grizzly bears. 



We had expected to see a great many whis- 

 tling marmots, but they had all holed up and 

 not one was seen. This was quite a disap- 

 pointment, as I had set my heart on bringing 

 out enough of these skins to make a coat. 



We saw a lot of porcupines some very 

 large ones indeed. Of ovis-stonei the white 

 mountain sheep a goodly number were seen, 

 but not as many as we had expected. The 

 same may be said of caribou, moose, and 

 mountain goat. We saw but one of the latter 

 a large male goat which I stalked by 

 making a laboriously high and difficult climb, 



