. The trottings of a tenderfoot [microform] : a visit to the Columbia fiords, and Spitzbergen. Hunting; Chasse. i i **:' i''i^ I', i' ii: â 't i; 134 BRITISH COLUMBIA. were few and not of recent date until we struck the river, and here we came upon a fairly fresli elk-track. Gradually we seemed to get into the beaten roads of the game, and at last we were fairly launched on the trail of a big beast who had passed by not two days before us. Wherever the elk-track led we followed, and no man could have chosen more carefully the pleasant places and easy going than did our four-footed road-maker.
. The trottings of a tenderfoot [microform] : a visit to the Columbia fiords, and Spitzbergen. Hunting; Chasse. i i **:' i''i^ I', i' ii: â 't i; 134 BRITISH COLUMBIA. were few and not of recent date until we struck the river, and here we came upon a fairly fresli elk-track. Gradually we seemed to get into the beaten roads of the game, and at last we were fairly launched on the trail of a big beast who had passed by not two days before us. Wherever the elk-track led we followed, and no man could have chosen more carefully the pleasant places and easy going than did our four-footed road-maker. Unfortunately he seemed to have a predilection for water, and fifty times a day, I should think, he crossed and recrossed the stream. Moccasins are splendid things for walking in on dry land, but anything more treacherous than a wet moccasin on stepping-stones the ingenuity of ill-luck has not devised. With soaking jacket and aching bones, I meditated on these things; but as the trail grew fresher our pace quickened, and little miseries were forg()ti<?n. Tovvards afternoon the trail turned boldlv up tlio side of the I V. 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 Phillipps-Wolley, Clive, 1854-1918. London : R. Bentley
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