240 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap. 



certainly had killed one or two sheep before September i ; 

 but as he and Little were badly in want of meat at that time, 

 we considered that the words of the game laws, " travellers 

 and explorers when in need of meat," would acquit him on 

 that charge. 



Also he had killed three moose, but as Little, who was 

 with him, had a permit for an extra moose, we considered 

 Glyn to be entitled to shoot another one in addition to those 

 allowed by his own permit, so long as our total number of 

 heads did not exceed the lot allowed by our combined 

 permits. This may have been a somewhat broad interpreta- 

 tion of the Act, but we knew of instances where it had been 

 so read before, and nothing had been said against it then. 



It was quite obvious to me that this episode meant a 

 premature ending to our trip, and rendered It impossible for 

 me to return to the sheep country for a few days to get my 

 complement of sheep, or to remain and get another big 

 moose, as I was entitled to do. It may well be imagined 

 that my temper was pretty sore, when I considered the 

 troubles and expense of travelling some 9000 miles into the 

 country, and many hundreds of miles after arrival there, only 

 to be taken right out of the heart of the good game country 

 just at the best time of the whole season, and charged with 

 an offence I had not committed. 



The next twenty-four hours were not the most pleasant 

 ones in our lives. We crossed part of the lake in our three 

 dories during the afternoon, but it came on to blow so 

 violently towards evening that we were almost swamped, 

 and had to beach the dories in a heavy surf, and camp on 

 shore for the night. 



Our party now occupied a very subordinate position, as 

 the Marshal took control of everything, ordering his and 



