show up until seven this evening. They reported finding 
caribou very scarce to-day, having had to travel a tremendous 
distance before seeing any at all. Little was most fortunate, 
however, in having secured a magnificent caribou, one of the 
finest ever brought out of the Cassiar. In returning, they 
found the snow so deep in some of the corries and gulches, 
that they were forced to help one another out of the drifts. 
Little’s caribou measures 57^2 inches around the curve, 
48 inches upright, 34 inches spread, and boasted 39*4 points; 
a truly magnificent specimen! 
DRYING HEAD SKINS 
As the homeward bound “trek” begins to-morrow, we re¬ 
mained in camp to-day to fix up scalps secured, shoe the Sept. 29 th 
horses, go over our pack-saddles, and attend the other details 
relative to an early start. To me the rest has been most wel¬ 
come, a swollen foot and ankle—the result of the day’s hunt,— 
having given me much pain in the night. In fact, I was forced 
to get up and have liniment rubbed on the limb in order to 
ease the torture. 
As we are about ten days’ march from Telegraph Creek 
and expect to spend two or three days looking for moose en 
route, we anticipate arriving there between the 12th and 14th; 
i. e., the time originally set. 
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