. Big game shooting in Alaska . ndworst fifteen miles I have traversed on the sea, always,however, with the exception of the passage across SkelikoffStraits, which we made early in the season from Kodiak took us almost as many days, in the Alice, to cross thatinferno, as there were miles of water to traverse. It was late that night ere we reached Sand Point, andas soon as the sloop had dropped anchor, I made Nicolailaunch the bidarki and we paddled ashore. I have never 158 BACK TO THE KENAI PENINSULA 159 seen such a curious effect as that caused by the phos-phorescent light on the wa
. Big game shooting in Alaska . ndworst fifteen miles I have traversed on the sea, always,however, with the exception of the passage across SkelikoffStraits, which we made early in the season from Kodiak took us almost as many days, in the Alice, to cross thatinferno, as there were miles of water to traverse. It was late that night ere we reached Sand Point, andas soon as the sloop had dropped anchor, I made Nicolailaunch the bidarki and we paddled ashore. I have never 158 BACK TO THE KENAI PENINSULA 159 seen such a curious effect as that caused by the phos-phorescent light on the water in the bay that night. Thecrest of every Httle wave seemed to be capped with fire,and the water flying away from behind our paddles lookedlike a liquid mass of flame. Although I have seen the samephenomenon repeatedly in different countries, this was themost vivid and brilliant example of it I have ever soon found Glyn and Little established in a verycomfortable little hut, which was kindly lent to us by Sand Point, Popoff Island. Scott and Groswald, the local storekeepers and kings ofPopoff Island. Glyn and Little had just turned in for thenight, but soon got out of bed to hear my news and give metheir own. The latter was by no means good, and I was bothsurprised and very disappointed to learn that they had onlyseen three bears during the whole of the time at Ivanoff Bay,and of these Glyn had only managed to bag one, an old malewhich had such a poor coat that they did not trouble to keepthe skin. It appeared that Glyn had seen this beast walkingalong the sea-shore, and had engaged in a great walkingmatch to try to overtake it. When he finally did so and i6o BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap. wounded it, the bear had gone some distance, and receivedseven bullets from his own and Littles rifle before it finallydropped dead at fairly close quarters. I do not quote this asan example of Glyns and Littles powers with a rifle, sincethey are both good shots, bu
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