Name: AFTER BIG GAME IN THE UPPER YUKON
SKU: 818148
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AFTER BIG GAME IN THE UPPER YUKON

Published by John Long. 1st. 1937

Almost very good condition. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos.

Covers unevenly faded and browned. Wear to edges. Repaired split to top of spine. Some foxing throughout and to outer page edges.

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Part One: An Introduction to the country of the Macmillan, five hundred miles from civilization, with observations on the big game that abound, their habits and some adventures. Also a description of the fur-bearing animals and the life of the trapper.
I. My Hunting Country
II. Big Game of the Yukon
III. A Trapper's Life in the Sub-Arctic
Part Two: The reord of a successful trip in 1914, with some thrilling encounters and the details of the "Bag".
i. The Journey to the Macmillan River, 1914
II. Sheep: The finest Sprort in the World
III. After Caribou - And Grizzlies by the Way
IV. After Moose
V. We Return to Fort Selkirk
Part Three: Prospecting and Hunting in the territory round the Macmillan, 1925
I. Off to the Macmillan Again
II. Adventures in the Great Sheep Basin
III. The Big Bulll Caribou - and Others
IV. Human Interlude
V. Adventures with Moose
VI. Way Out Stories
Part Four: Further Stalks - and many kills - in the Upper Yukon, 1926
I. A Preliminary Skirmish for Meat
II. After Sheep
III. The Big Moose
IV. I Kill My Second Grizzly
V. A Fine Bull Caribou (Rangifer Osborni)
Appendices:
I. Classification of Caribou in the Upper Yukon, together with comments by Mr. E.N. Barclay, Dept. of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History).
II. Records of Remarkable Heads
III. The Setting of Traps and the Skinning of Fur-Bearing Animals
IV. Transportation Without Horses

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