. Big game shooting in Alaska . ted to walk along the beachto Kenai, a distance of some twelve miles, our warder sayinghe would follow close behind. However, as we got awaywith a slight start and were all in pretty hard condition, wesoon walked clean away from him, as he was no match for usat that game. Here an amusing incident happened. Half-way between Kussiloff and Kenai lies a native settlement,and on reaching this the Marshal evidently imagined wewere trying to give him the slip. He hastened to thesettlement and commandeered a bidarki with two nativesto take up the pursuit by water. I saw
. Big game shooting in Alaska . ted to walk along the beachto Kenai, a distance of some twelve miles, our warder sayinghe would follow close behind. However, as we got awaywith a slight start and were all in pretty hard condition, wesoon walked clean away from him, as he was no match for usat that game. Here an amusing incident happened. Half-way between Kussiloff and Kenai lies a native settlement,and on reaching this the Marshal evidently imagined wewere trying to give him the slip. He hastened to thesettlement and commandeered a bidarki with two nativesto take up the pursuit by water. I saw the whole affair fromabout a mile and a half ahead of him. I told Little and Glynto step out, and we fairly foot slogged it along the river lay between us and Kenai, but we were fortunateenough to find an old boat hauled up on our bank. Launch-ing this, we pulled across the river, and reached the villageof Kenai about five minutes ahead of our custodian, whocame puffing up after us evidently furious at having been left. CI. 244 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap. behind. However, he could say nothing except that wewere all very fine walkers, and in this we were able to agreewith him. The first man we met was Hanbury, and Glyn soon gavehim details of the case. Hearing that Lord Elphinstoneand Mr. P. B. Vander Byl were also in the village, havingjust returned from hunting together near Kenai Lake, Iwalked across to their house and detailed to them our latestadventures. They had done very well on their trip, gettinga complement of sheep and moose, and also two or threeblack bears, in about five weeks hunting. They rejoiced rather at the prospect of our forthcomingtrial as something to relieve the monotony of life at Kenaiwhilst waiting for the steamer to take them out of CooksInlet. Our next visit was to the house of Mr. G. Mearns, whois the local magnate of Kenai, and a thorough Americangentleman in every sense of the word. He holds theposition of local postmaster, and is
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