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Forest and Stream 
Greater Outdoor Enjoyment 
OOD equipment greatly increases your 
'^pleasures while in the open — don’t spoil 
your trip by neglecting to take things you 
will actually need. 
Marble’s Outing Equipment — safety pocket 
and camp axes, hunting and fish knives, gun sights, 
cleaners, compasses, etc., will give you years of un- 
equalled service. Don’t take inferior goods, for nearly 
every dealer handles Marble’s Equipment — if you can’t 
find what you want, order direct. Ask for catalog. 
Safety Pocket Axe. Woodcraft Knife. — 
— Handiest tool made 
for outdoor use — small 
enough to carry in pocket 
— big enough to cut small 
trees and fire-wood. 
Guard folds into handle. 
Blade finest steel. No. 2, 
with 11 in. steel handle, 
$3.25. No. 6, hickory 
handle, $2.25. 
Handy Compass. — 
Waterproof — guaranteed 
always accurate. Pocket 
Compass — No. 184, sta- 
tionary dial, $1.25. No. 
186, revolving dial, $1.50. 
Safety Coat Compass — 
fastens to coat. No. 182, 
stationary dial, $1.50. No. 
082, revolving dial, $1.75. 
Luminous Dial Compass 
—shows plain atnight. No. 
186 L, pocket, $2 00. No. 
082 L, coat style, $2.25. 
The all-purpose ^ni/e 
— adapted for stick- 
ing, skinning, clean- 
ing, slicing, breaking 
bones, etc. in. blade 
finest steel, checkered at 
back to give firm grip — 
in. handle. No. 49, 
leather handle, $2.25. No. 
50, staghorn handle,$3.00. 
Prices include leather 
sheath — add 10% war tax. 
Waterproof Matchbox. — 
Keeps matches bone- 
dry, even under water — 
seamless brass, size 10 ga. 
shell. 60c. 
Jointed Rifle Rod. — 
Solid as 1 -piece rod— won’t 
wobble, bend, break. 26, 
30, 36 in. long — brass or 
steel — in cloth bag. Give 
cal. and length. $1.25. 
Marble Arms & Mfg. Co., 526 Delta Are., Gladstone, Mich. 
Marpi^S Equipment 
FOR EVERY HOUR 
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Calipers 
the guides, and after an exchange of 
local news of the trail we were given 
quarters for the night in an abandoned 
log cabin. The place was so utterly 
dilapidated and forlorn that I was glad 
to clear out in the morning, although 
the people were very friendly and 
hospitable. 
Tbc inhabitants of Chisana had dwin- 
dled from 2,000 in 1913 to 50 in 1921. 
What struck me as interesting news 
was the report of the plentifulness of 
game when the hordes of gold seekers 
first entered the country. Old miners 
informed me that 5,000 mountain sheep 
were killed the first year of the gold 
stampede and about the same number 
the following year. It is evident that 
a mining camp in Alaska means the 
destruction of much game. 
A UCiUST 2Sth found us on our way 
to the moose country. Our objec- 
tive was the headwaters of the river 
Snag which empties into the White 
River which in turn flows into the 
Yukon. The trail led over river bot- 
toms and then mounted higher and 
higher. It was a steady grind all day 
long, and our poor exhausted horses 
suffered from the steep climb over the 
rock-strewn trail. At noon we gained 
the extreme summit of the divide and 
here rested and ate our lunch. A glo- 
rious view unfolded as we looked down 
into the deep gorge where the river 
flowed through the valley like a long 
silken band of ribbon. It seems almost 
hopeless to write a description of the 
grand scale on which nature has mod- 
elled and tinted these panoramas of the 
Far North. 
At dusk we pitched our tents and 
allowed the horses to graze and rest. 
\Miat a wonderful feeling it was to 
crawl into one’s blankets between the 
roeks and fall asleep to the tune of a 
mountain torrent that thundered down 
beside our beds ! 
The next day we were again among 
heavy timber and in the permanent camp 
from whence the moose were to be 
hunted. Unlike the sheep, the moose are 
very wary ereatures and much more 
difficult to ‘approach. Indeed, I was a 
little in doubt as to whether we would 
be lucky enough to find a large bull at 
all in this section of the country, as 
much hunting’ had been carried on by 
the miners and the game was not as 
plentiful as it might have been. 
On the afternoon of our arrival at 
camp, Jimmie and I made a short trip 
to a pond which moose were said to 
frequent, but we saw none. However, 
there were numerous tracks along the 
shore, showing that these animals had 
browsed around tbe lake some time prior 
to our visit. While waiting and watch- 
ing for the moose, four fine caribou 
bulls walked along the opposite beach 
and chased one another through the 
spruce trees. Their horns were in the 
velvet, except in the case of one stag 
that still retained blood spots on his 
newly-acquired antlers. Had I needed 
specimens of caribou this would have 
been a great opportunity. 
Rain dampened our hopes of hunting 
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