I'hoto by George Shiras, 3rd 



A BIG RAM PHOTOGRAniED AT 50 FEET FROM AMBUSH 



He jumped the instant after the sliutter revolved, but left his picture behind him (see page 

 483). Note the fine and graceful horns 



tiie pack trains than throughout the inte- 

 rior of the Kenai Peninstila. Caribon 

 Island, subjected to easy examination, 

 showed that on tlie coming of the ice it 

 was visited 1)y man}' moose, while the 

 abundance of spruce partridges indicated 

 their appreciation of the berries and 

 swelling buds, just as tlie rabbits thrived 

 on the tender Ijark and great varietv 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 

 ,nuch improved by physical changes, the 

 ease with which the game laws can be 

 enforced, the conceniiration of Indian 

 settlements near the canneries, and the 

 ])ractical extermination of the wolf. 



Reports of those best acquainted with 



present conditions show that the moose 

 ha\e been increasing steadilv in recent 

 years, that the white shee|> are thri^•ing. 

 and all other game animals except the 

 small fur-bearers and the cariboti are 

 hnlding their own. Just whv the caribou 

 has ap])roaclied extinction no one seems 

 to know, but 1 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 contrarv will afford 



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