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William S. Thomas. Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland
Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland. CHAPTER I. CRUISING AND HUNTING IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
CHAPTER II. OBSERVATIONS ON KODIAK ISLAND
CHAPTER III. HUNTING BIG GAME ON THE KENAI PENINSULA
CHAPTER IV. A TRIP TO NEWFOUNDLAND
CHAPTER V. HUNTING WITH A FERRET
CHAPTER VI. A NIGHT HUNT
CHAPTER VII. IN THE SPRINGTIME
CHAPTER VIII. A PLEA FOR PROTECTION
POSTSCRIPT
INDEX
The Log of the North Shore Club
Recreations of a Sportsman on the Pacific Coast
Hunting Trips of a Ranchman
The Wilderness Hunter
Hunting Big Game. with Gun and with Kodak
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William S. Thomas
Published by Good Press, 2021
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As we reached the open ocean, “Gony,” as the sailors call the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes), followed in the wake of the steamer, porpoise raced with us, rushing and dodging alongside the boat, occasionally turning their silver bellies skyward and flaunting their tails to show how easy it was for them to keep up with us. The race continued at intervals for more than an hour before they disappeared, and by that time the long swells of the water rocking the steamer had taken effect and many of the passengers disappeared from the decks. Many miles to the right the purple foothills of the Fairweather range could be seen. Muir Glacier glittering in the distance added to the fascination of the scenery. Along the coast wild strawberries, with their delicate flowers, their fruit sought alike by man, beast, and fowl, grew very abundantly. The weather was just fine and the conditions right (something unusual in this neighborhood) to see the great Mount St. Elias, at least a hundred and fifty miles due north, and her English cousin, Mount St. Logan, farther off across the border line. The Fairweather range extends for many miles along the coast. The white ice fields glitter in the sunshine and at sunset a halo of many colors hangs over the mountains.
