Photo by George Shiras, 3rd 
A BIG RAM PHOTOGRAPHED AT 50 FEET FROM AMBUSH 
He jumped the instant after the shutter revolved, but left his picture behind him (see page 
483). Note the fine and graceful horns 
the pack trains than throughout the inte- 
rior of the Kenai Peninsula. Caribou 
Island, subjected to easy examination, 
showed that on the coming of the ice it 
was visited by many moose, while the 
abundance of spruce partridges indicated 
their appreciation of the berries and 
swelling buds, just as the rabbits thrived 
on the tender bark and great variety of 
smaller plants. 
In its isolation the Kenai Peninsula is 
a great Presque Isle, allowing a marked 
segregation of northern game, favorable 
alike to their previous existence and now 
much improved by physical changes, the 
ease with which the game laws can be 
enforced, the concentration of Indian 
settlements near the canneries, and the 
practical extermination of the wolf. 
Reports of those best acquainted with 
present conditions show that the moose 
have been increasing steadily in recent 
years, that the white sheep are thriving, 
and all other game animals except the 
small fur-bearers and the caribou are 
holding their own. Just why the caribou 
has approached extinction no one seems 
to know, but I am glad to report that a 
good-sized stag was seen south of Benja- 
min Creek by a party of surveyors dur- 
ing last July. As much of the peninsula 
is well adapted for caribou or their near 
relatives, the Siberian reindeer, an effort 
should be made for their introduction, 
since the interior will readily support a 
herd of many thousands. As they feed 
upon a form of ground vegetation now 
going largely to waste, their presence will 
not prove a detriment to the other game 
animals, but on the contrary will afford 
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