Alaska, its waters, land and life; an illustrated lecture . 32 ALASKA, ITS WATERS, LAND, AND of these it requires five to haul asled containing seven hundred andfifty pounds and though they arefed but once a day, at evening, yetthe} consume each three poundsdry weight of rice and bacon andthis is expensive, and must becarried on the pack. The rein-deer draws more, drags faster andwill paw through the snow for itsfood, which even if such is carried,is merelj moss and inexpensive. And now my reader, such is our journey over this mighty and marvelous region, and wehave come to part. This l
Alaska, its waters, land and life; an illustrated lecture . 32 ALASKA, ITS WATERS, LAND, AND of these it requires five to haul asled containing seven hundred andfifty pounds and though they arefed but once a day, at evening, yetthe} consume each three poundsdry weight of rice and bacon andthis is expensive, and must becarried on the pack. The rein-deer draws more, drags faster andwill paw through the snow for itsfood, which even if such is carried,is merelj moss and inexpensive. And now my reader, such is our journey over this mighty and marvelous region, and wehave come to part. This land which we call Alaska, is with its islands, upwards of fivehundred and eighty thousand square miles in area, or as large as all that part of the UnitedStates lying east of the Mississippi. We have traversed much of it on our cursory trip,but much remains unseen. We could have entered the interior by other routes than thatselected ; by the Stickeen River from Fort Wrangell, one hundred and fifty miles toTelegraph Creek, over one hundred and fifty miles of portage where a railroad is nowbuildi
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