24 SPORT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

full of glaciers. The current of the river also grew
perceptibly stronger and our advance was slow.

At this point I noticed several seals swimming
about, and one of the young American sportsmen
could not resist the temptation to try out a new rifle,
so he banged away merrily at them and everything
else moving within sight, and became a danger to his
fellow travellers. Another of the Americans, a young
millionaire, with a well-known name, had only just
returned from a shooting trip in Africa, where he had
been hunting with President Roosevelt.

As we steadily progressed farther up the river the
scenery became more and more magnificent. Here
and there we caught glimpses of mountain peaks,
one more jagged and wild than the other, and large
blue-green glaciers filled up the clefts between.

Of game we had so far seen only some large “‘ Canada
Geese’ stalking about on the many sand bars, but we
never gave up hope of seeing a bear, and were continu-
ally watching the banks, for on the way down from
Telegraph Creek the crew had seen several. That
evening, when we tied up for the night on the southern
bank, we saw a number of fresh bear tracks in
the sand, some of which had been made by a large
female accompanied by a cub. They had followed a
small creek which flows out here, evidently looking
for salmon.

As the nights were getting rather chilly we usually
built a large fire of driftwood and grouped around it.
We warmed ourselves up a little while the evening
meal was being prepared.

Large groves of tall cottonwood trees grew here and
there along the banks, and everywhere was a thick belt