. Shores and Alps of Alaska . At Howkan. THE FIRST GLACIERS. 55 morning which followed prevented our seeing someglaciers, the first which lie close to the route. Butin the afternoon the mountains cleared as westeamed up Stephens Passage between Admiralty Some of the lamer Island and the -*£ Taku Inlet. Southern Alaskan snow-fields and glaciers came intoview for the first time as we passed the Taku Inletwith bold rocky aiguilles prominent at its head. White mountain-goats can be found on thesummits near here, but they are much hunted, bythe Indians. 34 SHORES AND ALPS OF ALASKA. The

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. Shores and Alps of Alaska . At Howkan. THE FIRST GLACIERS. 55 morning which followed prevented our seeing someglaciers, the first which lie close to the route. Butin the afternoon the mountains cleared as westeamed up Stephens Passage between Admiralty Some of the lamer Island and the -*£ Taku Inlet. Southern Alaskan snow-fields and glaciers came intoview for the first time as we passed the Taku Inletwith bold rocky aiguilles prominent at its head. White mountain-goats can be found on thesummits near here, but they are much hunted, bythe Indians. 34 SHORES AND ALPS OF ALASKA. The two young Frenchmen alluded to later on—Yisconte de la R. and M. de la S.—afterwards wentbear-hunting here. One writes to me as follows :— Nous avons fait a Taku Inlet un sejour tresamusant et, malgre les conseils de B. et de tousles naturels du pays, jai chasse Tours avec monpetit Winchester, ce qui ne ma pas mal reussi,puisque jen ai tue deux, dont un pesait 600 livres ;

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