. Big game shooting in Alaska . ly laden with tents and horns to be Glynsboat. The other one was unknown to us. Then arose thequestion as to what had made Glyn abandon his originalscheme of remaining in his old camp until we called for himas arranged. As soon as the boats drew near enough, we saw Glynsnatives in one boat, and he himself in the other one with aman who was unknown to Little and myself. On nearingthe shore, Glyn, who was sitting in the stern of the boat andslightly behind the stranger, went through some extraordinaryantics which were quite unintelligible to me, but clearlyreprese
. Big game shooting in Alaska . ly laden with tents and horns to be Glynsboat. The other one was unknown to us. Then arose thequestion as to what had made Glyn abandon his originalscheme of remaining in his old camp until we called for himas arranged. As soon as the boats drew near enough, we saw Glynsnatives in one boat, and he himself in the other one with aman who was unknown to Little and myself. On nearingthe shore, Glyn, who was sitting in the stern of the boat andslightly behind the stranger, went through some extraordinaryantics which were quite unintelligible to me, but clearlyrepresented a man hauling in a rope. Little, however, beingmore versed in certain expressions than myself, said, ByJove, he is pulled for something. Pitka said, Thatd—d man, he Marshal allright. 234 THE HA LLS OF J US TICE 235 The stranger, on stepping ashore, walked up to me andheld out his hand, saying, You are Captain Radclyffe,I believe. I shook hands and said Yes. He added, Iarrest you. As far as I remember my exact words A Tough-looking Author, R. F. Glyn, C. Little, and Natives, Kenai Poorest, September 1903. The devil you do, and pray what for.* His reply was, For killing game unlawfully out of season. I demanded aspecific charge, but he said that that would be made in duecourse when he took me before a judge at Kenai, which heproposed to do forthwith. He also arrested Little on thesame charge. 236 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap. Before describing what followed, it is necessary todigress slightly from the subject in order to make mattersclear. When we visited Washington in the spring, Glyn andmyself were given full permits allowing us to take out ofAlaska the full number of trophies allowed by law. In addition to my ordinary permit, I was given a specialpermit allowing me to kill two extra specimens of each kindof big game for scientific purposes, as I had promised Pro-fessor Ray Lankester, Director of the Natural HistoryMuseum in London, that I would, if
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