too THE UPPER YUKON 



his head would be up. This took much time 

 and care, as we were in peril of slipping down 

 to the bottom of the draw because of the sharp 

 and easily moved small stones that coated the 

 surface of the mountain. 



On dissecting the ram, we found that the 

 bullet had gone through the heart, and, pass- 

 ing through the body, had struck the big stone 

 behind him. This accounted for our seeing 

 the missile hit the rock. When the head was 

 removed, the balance of the carcase was al- 

 lowed to roll all the way down to the foot 

 of the mountain. 



Carefully picking our way down by using 

 our upward tracks, we counted, as well as the 

 situation would permit, the number of paces 

 it was from where the ram fell to the rock I 

 shot from. It seemed almost impossible of 

 belief that the distance was no less than eight 

 hundred paces, and yet both of us reached the 

 same calculation. If we were only fairly cor- 

 rect in our measurement, it will show what 

 a wonderful weapon the new 8 M Mannlicher 

 rifle is to carry a bullet almost vertically and 

 kill at that distance. 



The Chief was so much impressed with the 

 incident that he promised to send official no- 

 tice to the Geographical Department of the 



