Photo by George Shiras, 3rd 



A I^LORIDA RACCOON TAKING HIS OWN PICTURE 



These animals feared neither the flashlight nor slumbering people when seeking a meal within 

 an orange grove at Ormond Beach (see page 805) 



Chapman and Fuertes, declared I ought 

 now to appreciate their feelings every 

 time they happened to approach camp at 

 dusk, "with such infernal machines se- 

 creted anywhere and everywhere." 



A few minutes later our host, an Amer- 

 ican planter, hearing the uproar, came 

 along and, discovering the cause, shook 

 me warmly by the hand, expressing a 

 wish that I set out a lot more flashlight 

 machines to scare ofT Indian and Mex- 

 ican trespassers ; so I became reconciled 

 in thus having unexpectedly performed 

 a service in his behalf. 



Some of these unbidden guests are 

 shown on pages 8i6 and 817. 



MOUNTAIN MOOSK OF THi: UPPER 

 YEEIvOW STONE 



While endeavoring to visit and study 

 the moose of the American continent 

 throughout its several distinct ranges, 

 I was informed that a small number of 

 these animals were living near the very 



summit of the Rocky Mountains, and 

 that one locality, where they had been 

 seen in 1906, was about Bridger Lake, a 

 few miles south of the southeast corner 

 of Yellowstone Park, in the State of 

 Wyoming. At this time I had only been 

 able to locate one mounted head from 

 the intermontane States and institutions, 

 such as the National Museum, had nei- 

 ther skins, antlers, skeletons, or any data 

 whatever bearing upon the number prob- 

 ably surviving in the Rocky Mountains 

 south of Canada. 



An examination of the map indicated 

 several possible routes to the district in 

 question : one by the way of eastern 

 Wyoming and Thoroughfare Creek ; an- 

 other from Jacksons Hole through Two- 

 ocean Pass ; and a third by way of the 

 National Park, and thence up the Upper 

 Yellowstone River by pack-train or pos- 

 sibly by canoe (see map, page 818). Se- 

 lecting the latter route as the most fea- 

 sible for the heavy outfit necessary for 



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