. Big game shooting in Alaska . o H O gh a:<: H 98 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap. the place of dust. In both countries I have remarked thesurprising ease with which the wind will flatten the best-pitched tent, and compel its unwilling occupants to face theelements in their futile attempts to fix ropes, etc., securely. May 31 dawned at last, a fine warm day, a harbinger ofthe long-expected spring, which was then some three or fourweeks overdue. I remarked to Little before leaving campin the morning, that if we were going to kill a May bear wemust make haste about it; and furthermore, that
. Big game shooting in Alaska . o H O gh a:<: H 98 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap. the place of dust. In both countries I have remarked thesurprising ease with which the wind will flatten the best-pitched tent, and compel its unwilling occupants to face theelements in their futile attempts to fix ropes, etc., securely. May 31 dawned at last, a fine warm day, a harbinger ofthe long-expected spring, which was then some three or fourweeks overdue. I remarked to Little before leaving campin the morning, that if we were going to kill a May bear wemust make haste about it; and furthermore, that as it wasnow some five weeks since we first set foot on Kodiak Island,during which time we had not seen a bear at all, I felt ratherlike my Norwegian boatman and gaffer on the NamsenRiver, Norway, who has a quaint saying when the river isin bad fishing order. His morning greeting on suchoccasions is, I have generally a good hope, but I have nota good hope to-day. We took our daily tramp across the desolate plain infront of the
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