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A 1I00SE WHICH FELL CONVENIENTLY ON THE BANK OE A TRIBUTARY OF THE YUKON 



of Alaska, except in the coast district 

 south of Cook Inlet, where they are 

 wanting. On the Alaska Peninsula they 

 range to the limit of timber, and in the 

 north and west likewise reach the edge 

 of the tundra. Although spending most 

 of their time in mixed woods of spruce, 

 poplar, and birch, at moderate elevations, 

 they frequently ascend to open mountain 

 ridges above the timber. 



Once while following a sheep trail 

 among the almost inaccessible pinnacles 

 of Glacier Mountain west of Eagle, 

 Alaska, I was greatly surprised to find 

 signs of moose. Although knowing that 

 moose often range above timber, not only 

 under stress of circumstances, but also 

 through choice, I scarcely expected to 

 find them in these barren, jagged rocks, 

 through which a man could travel only 

 with great difficulty. Proceeding' for 

 about half a mile, during which the coun- 

 try became more and more rugged, I 

 soon found the trail strewn with bones 

 and came finally to a large skull, nearly 



perfect, and bearing the antlers of a large 

 old bull moose. Just how the big fellow 

 met his death can scarcely be known, but 

 little imagination is required to produce 

 a thrilling tale of tragedy. Signs of 

 wolves were found near by, but that they 

 were contemporaneous with the bones 

 could not be ascertained. The pinnacles 

 of Glacier Mountain are the highest in 

 the entire region, and from the spot 

 where the bones lay one can look across 

 billows of mountains down to the shin- 

 ing Yukon and on beyond to the high 

 peaks of the Ogilvie Range. What a 

 setting for a mortal combat, if such there 

 was ! 



Sportsmen hunting moose in Alaska 

 usually follow the method known as still 

 hunting, while the meat hunters, like the 

 Indians, frequently practice the lazy but 

 effective plan of lying in wait near trails, 

 ponds, licks, or other places to which the 

 animals regularly resort. But calling 

 with the birch-bark horn, as practiced in 

 eastern Canada, is seldom attempted, and 



