. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Photo by George Sbiras, 31- WINTER SLEDGE DOGS EOITERING EXPECTANTLY AROUND STEWARD'S PANTRY (sEE PAGE 430) to the end of Turnagain Arm, half way to the Matanuska coal fields : but, lack- ing sufificient capital and by reason of the withdrawal of the coal lands, is now in financial straits. However, it is a most convenient highway for hunters and miners, and if either of these lack the cash to pay the tariff of 20 cents per mile or are of an economical turn of mind, the roadbed afifords a fine trail to the interior. On arriving
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Photo by George Sbiras, 31- WINTER SLEDGE DOGS EOITERING EXPECTANTLY AROUND STEWARD'S PANTRY (sEE PAGE 430) to the end of Turnagain Arm, half way to the Matanuska coal fields : but, lack- ing sufificient capital and by reason of the withdrawal of the coal lands, is now in financial straits. However, it is a most convenient highway for hunters and miners, and if either of these lack the cash to pay the tariff of 20 cents per mile or are of an economical turn of mind, the roadbed afifords a fine trail to the interior. On arriving at the lake it took but a few minutes to load our stuff on a com- fortable launch, and soon we were trav- ersing a portion of the longest water- course of the peninsula, which from the head of Snow River to Cook Inlet is 117 miles in length. The upper lake is 23 miles long, has a maximum width of miles, and is 460 feet above sea-level. The upper Kenai River is 16 miles long, while the lower lake, usually called Skilak, has a length of 15 miles, is four or five miles wide, and 150 feet above the sea, its waters reaching the inlet after a tortuous run of 53 miles. At the outlet of the lake we trans- ferred the outfit to Tom's big flat-bottom skiff, and, dropping down the river sev- eral miles, went into camp at the mouth of Cooper Creek, to await the arrival of the canoe and provisions. The maximum temperature was 80 degrees at noon, fol- lowed by 87 degrees the next day—a most unusual record. Seeing that the half-embedded boul- ders were sweating vigorously along the river trail, I predicted a big thunder- storm, and was warned that they were very rare in this region. But shortly after the rain came down in torrents and thunder echoed for hours throughout the valley : so I gained that distinction which comes with a luck)' hit. This proved to be the only heavy rain of the entire trip, and thereafter clear days and a high tem- perature pleased and astonished us all. STERN E
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