. On snow-shoes to the barren grounds [microform] : twenty-eight miles after musk-oxen and wood-bison. Hunting; Chasse. i<i!l 'W m % \ 58 ON SNOW-SIIOKS TO TIIK UAUUKX GROUNDS shivered and shook in the bedding I permitted ni)'self, and the temptation to add one more blanket was ahiiost irresistible. Not that the atmosphere was colder than I iiad before experienced, for 40° below is by no means uncommon in the Rocky Mountains, where I have camped, but the wind made me so miserable. It blew more than half the. in which moosk ani> cakiroi; skins are smokeij time, and nothing
. On snow-shoes to the barren grounds [microform] : twenty-eight miles after musk-oxen and wood-bison. Hunting; Chasse. i<i!l 'W m % \ 58 ON SNOW-SIIOKS TO TIIK UAUUKX GROUNDS shivered and shook in the bedding I permitted ni)'self, and the temptation to add one more blanket was ahiiost irresistible. Not that the atmosphere was colder than I iiad before experienced, for 40° below is by no means uncommon in the Rocky Mountains, where I have camped, but the wind made me so miserable. It blew more than half the. in which moosk ani> cakiroi; skins are smokeij time, and nothing could resist its searchings. It went straight through capotes, leggings, and blankets, and made sleep impossible for me several nights on the way to IVIcMurray. The dogs, however, seemed unmindful of either wind or cold. At night, after ^"'ey had eaten their fish, they went a few yards from the scratched .iway a little of the top snow, and then curled up, back to wind- ward. In the morning when they were dragged to har- ness they left the outline of their body in the snow, and. 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 Whitney, Caspar, 1862?-1929. New York : Harper
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