282 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap, xm 



hills in the interior of that country. He has since returned, 

 after having covered some 650 miles of ground, and getting 

 three good rams. His best head measured 16 inches round 

 the butt, and 36 inches round the curve of the horns. It 

 is clear from this that Ovis nelsoni carries finer horns than 

 Ovis dalli of Alaska. 



I returned the same evening to Seattle again, on board 

 the Clallam. A large travelling theatrical company had 

 occupied nearly every berth on board. They had just 

 experienced a severe "train wreck," and many of the 

 members had been severely injured. Several of the unfor- 

 tunate actresses had to be carried on board, being unable to 

 move on account of their injuries. However, the sound 

 ones managed to make things fairly lively in the saloon 

 throughout the night, and as my cabin opened into the 

 saloon, I spent a second night without getting much sleep, 

 owing to the noise they made. This boat, the Clallam, has 

 since been lost, as she sank on January 9, 1904, with all on 

 board, making a total loss of sixty lives. 



I spent the next day at Seattle, and that evening 

 Hanbury gave a big dinner at the Washington, a fine new 

 hotel. The English sportsmen again rolled up in force, and 

 afterwards we adjourned to witness a performance of 

 Florodora at the theatre, which was given by those of the 

 theatrical company who escaped injury in the railway 

 accident. 



On the following morning I bade adieu to Seattle. Mr. 

 Sam Hill, who was travelling accompanied by his champion 

 wrestlers to St. Paul, kindly offered Elphinstone, Vander Byl, 

 and myself seats in his private car to St. Paul, an offer which, 

 needless to say, we all three accepted. 



Travelling via St. Paul and Chicago, I reached Washington 



