Rockies. They are extremely wary and must be stalked with infinite patience and perseverance, but their massively-horned heads are magnificent tro- phies.

Nothing has been said in regard to wild fowl. It is in fish and big-game that British Columbia excels and, frankly, its resources of wild fowl are not extra- ordinary. Splendid sport can be had with the gun in the vicinity of Victoria and Vancouver, however, where pheasants, quail, and partridge are plentiful. Blue grouse abound on Vancouver Island and are very fast on the wing. Ruffed (Willow) grouse are wilder and less plentiful, but make excellent sport over a slow, steady dog; and ducks and Canada geese provide fine sport in the winter months on the small lakes and swamps in the Interior and the Lower Fraser Valley.

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One of the keenest forms of sport in British Colum- bia is fishing. Up and down the many streams wend- ing their tortuous course among the hills and forest- like country the angler has a real opportunity to excel himself in luring and landing his favourite species.

There are actually five indegeneous species of salmon in British Columbia but only two—namely,

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