. Big game shooting in Alaska . inmuffled tones from beneath the improvised dark room, andhis futile efforts to get at the aggressor were so comical, thatat the risk of making an enemy for life, I laughed mostimmoderately at his discomfiture. At 5 oclock next morning we were off to the hill-tops,and both walked together as far as the edge of the precipicesoverlooking the glacier. One glance down was enough toconvince me that all the sheep on earth would not induce meto go down the face of those rocks. We saw a few rams in 196 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap. the distance, far below us, but in
. Big game shooting in Alaska . inmuffled tones from beneath the improvised dark room, andhis futile efforts to get at the aggressor were so comical, thatat the risk of making an enemy for life, I laughed mostimmoderately at his discomfiture. At 5 oclock next morning we were off to the hill-tops,and both walked together as far as the edge of the precipicesoverlooking the glacier. One glance down was enough toconvince me that all the sheep on earth would not induce meto go down the face of those rocks. We saw a few rams in 196 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap. the distance, far below us, but in such places that evenHanbury, who is good at hill-work, could not get to I left him to follow along the glacier. The view fromabove it where we stood was very fine. Looking down some1500 feet on to the great ice-field below, and then away intothe far distance where the glacier went winding between themountain-tops till it merged into a vast mass of perpetualsnow and ice, compelled one to realise what a mere speck on. The Creek Glacier near Lake from 2000 feet above it. the face of the globe is that mighty being man, when com-pared with many other of Natures works. After leaving Hanbury I made a wide detour of severalmiles, and finally reached the summit of a mountain which Iestimated as being of an altitude of some 6000 feet, whence amagnificent view of the surrounding country was front lay another big glacier, and away in the distance onthe far side of it I made out a few solitary rams, just visiblewith the aid of a telescope, but utterly unapproachable fromour side. Moving farther on, we came across several smallbands of ewes and lambs, but still no rams. By this time, X IN THE SHEEP COUNTRY 197 having been over ten hours out of camp, and at a considerabledistance from it, I decided to give up for the day. There was,however, one important matter to be attended to—namely,the lack of meat in camp, and I had promised Hanbur
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