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■LIFE ON A YUKON TRAIL 



lunch or rest. Over the divide the country gently falls off toward 

 the valley of the Little Tahltan, about 16 miles, to the northeast, 

 from which low level another summit of 2,600 feet is to be sur- 

 mounted in the ensuing 12 miles of- trail to the Coketsie lakes. 

 Just beyond the first summit we were caught in a heavy snow- 

 storm, thick with fine, driving snow. The men who worked at 

 the sledges to keep them on the narrow, tortuous trail could 

 scarcely distinguish the driver who led* the horse. The horses 

 repeatedly lost footing on the beaten path, and fell plunging and 

 snorting over their withers in the dry, powdery snow to one side. 

 As we could not push on to a suitable camping place and the 



IMPBOVI8ED BRIDGE OVER LITTLE TAHLTAN RIVER — TESLIN TRAIL 



