. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. SKAGWAY 31 of their various hostelries before we have touched the dock. Boys greet us with shouts and comments, women and girls, some of them in bicycle suits, push to the front and gaze intently at the strangers. All seemed to be expecting something, friends or news, or some sensa- tional occurrences. No sooner had we touched than the boys swarmed in upon us like ants and began to ex- plore the ship, and were as promptly swept ashore again. Skagway is barely two years old. Born of the gold fever, it is still feverish and excitable. It is o
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. SKAGWAY 31 of their various hostelries before we have touched the dock. Boys greet us with shouts and comments, women and girls, some of them in bicycle suits, push to the front and gaze intently at the strangers. All seemed to be expecting something, friends or news, or some sensa- tional occurrences. No sooner had we touched than the boys swarmed in upon us like ants and began to ex- plore the ship, and were as promptly swept ashore again. Skagway is barely two years old. Born of the gold fever, it is still feverish and excitable. It is on a broad delta of land made by the Skagway River between the mountains, and, it seems to me, is liable at any time by a great flood in the river to be swept into the sea. It be- gan at the stump and probably is still the stumpiest town in the coun- try. Many of the houses stand upon stumps; there are stumps in nearly every dooryard, but the people already speak of the i early times,' three years ago. On the steep bushy mountain side near the wharf I heard the melodious note of my first dwarf hermit thrush. It was sweet and pleasing, but not so prolonged and powerful as our HEAD OF LYNN CANAL, SKAGWAY ON LEFT. WHITE PASS. The next day the officials of the Yukon and White Pass Railroad took our party on an excursion to the top of the famous White Pass, twenty-one miles Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D. C. ). New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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