Decided to spend the day in camp, resting up and prepar- 
Sept. 12th i n g the heads and skins of the sheep secured yesterday. This 
was a rather fortunate decision, rain and fog setting in early 
this morning, and keeping up most of the day. However, 
no one has minded the weather; all are jubilant at our hav¬ 
ing obtained the large sheep-head, which we have measured 
accurately and find to be the record Ovis stonei killed in the 
Cassiar to date! 
Sept. 13th Very frosty last night. Broke camp early, all of us happy 
at seeing the sun-break through the clouds. 
Packed toward Ashcroft Trail, heading for the caribou 
ground beyond the Kappan River. We shall make a couple 
of stops in the sheep country en route: one of these to give 
Little an opportunity to get a couple of heads to take to Eng¬ 
land, as Christmas gifts for his family, and the other to make 
a cache where we strike the Ashcroft Trail. 
Made camp at two, having covered about eight miles; 
but the going was very bad, and in a great many places we 
had to cut trail and make corduroy roads through bogs and 
swamps. Despite our efforts, several horses fell with their 
packs. 
Spying the mountain for game we saw one small ram 
and a band of ewes about a thousand feet above camp. It 
was a most interesting sight, the powerful binoculars bring¬ 
ing them quite close to our vision, and we sat several hours 
watching the band, until finally, they moved off, over the 
ridge. 
Colbert and Little, too, went up mountain after sheep, 
finding three rams a long way off. It was too late to start 
after these, so they returned to camp with intention of fol¬ 
lowing up the sheep to-morrow. They also reported seeing 
fresh grizzly signs, and of noting quite a few berries as well. 
A light frozen fog, which could hardly be termed snow, 
Sept. 14th greeted us about five, as we rose. Little and Colbert deter¬ 
mined to risk the weather and went up the mountain. 
Having secured my limit of sheep and feeling very well 
satisfied, I crawled under the blankets again. About 8 o’clock 
we heard four shots, so I sent Bob up the mountain to help 
bring in any meat which might have been taken, while I re¬ 
mained behind, washing dishes, cutting firewood, and, (it 
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