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PREFACE
PREFACE
The publishing of these simple notes is due to the wishes of one who is now no more. But for this they would probably have never seen the light, and I feel therefore that less apology is needed for their crudeness and ‘diariness’ than would otherwise have been the case. G. B. click map for larger version (if your device supports this) Coast of part of South-Eastern Alaska showing the S T. ELIAS ALPS. Longmans, Green & Co., London & New York. F.S. Weller....
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CHAPTER I LONDON TO SITKA
CHAPTER I LONDON TO SITKA
On the twenty-fifth of April, 1888, I was playing golf on our little links at home, and had driven off for the Stile Hole, situated on the lawn-tennis ground, when I observed the butler emerge from the house with an orange envelope in his hand, and come towards me across the lawn. Having with due deliberation played a neat approach shot over the railings on to the green, I climbed over after it, putted out the hole, and then went to meet him. The telegram proved to be from my friend Harold T., w
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CHAPTER II SITKA TO YAKUTAT
CHAPTER II SITKA TO YAKUTAT
As we were detained at Sitka for a fortnight, making preparations for the expedition, and waiting for W. to come up on the next boat, I may as well give some description of one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. As the traveller lands on the pier, he has the Indian village of about five hundred inhabitants on his left, while just in front are the barracks of the United States marines, and the old Russian citadel, from the top of which he will obtain a lovely view, somewhat resembling
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CHAPTER III OPENING APPROACHES
CHAPTER III OPENING APPROACHES
Wednesday, the 11th. —H. spent a large part of the day in interviewing the chief, ‘Billy Masterman,’ on the subject of canoes and men. We also engaged two white men who, with several others, had come prospecting up the coast from Juneau in a whale-boat, but had done no good and were anxious to return in the ‘Alpha.’ ‘Ed.’—I never knew his other name—was tall and dark; Finn, commonly called the Doctor, was a smaller, red-haired man. Both seemed rather slight for packing, but had the reputation of
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CHAPTER IV AN ATTACK AND A COUNTERMARCH
CHAPTER IV AN ATTACK AND A COUNTERMARCH
Thursday, the 19th. —We spent a comfortable night and indulged next morning in the luxury of a ‘long lie.’ About nine o’clock the men departed, going down stream along the edge of the hills. This was in opposition to our advice, as we felt sure the ice-cliffs would get worse as they approached Lake Castani; but Gums confidently asserted his capability of finding a route, and they thought anything would be better than repeating the toils of the previous day. They would, we reckoned, take two days
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CHAPTER V FURTHER ADVANCE AND MY RETREAT
CHAPTER V FURTHER ADVANCE AND MY RETREAT
Thursday, the 26th. —A beautiful sunrise ushered in a splendid day, and we turned out at four o’clock. At 5.30 Ed., with Matthew and Mike, started down to bring up the stores left in the cache by the Guyot Glacier, and half-an-hour later the rest of us descended the slopes to the Guyot, as a long lake cut us off from going directly on to the Tyndall Glacier. Once on the ice, we curved round to the north, making for the north-east extremity of the opposite hills. The glacier was fairly flat and n
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CHAPTER VI BACK TO THE SHORE
CHAPTER VI BACK TO THE SHORE
Thursday, the 2nd. —In the odds and ends sack I had found an extra flannel shirt, and, fortified by this, was not much troubled by the cold, though I was not too warm in spite of the thick vest, two flannel shirts, leather waistcoat, Norfolk jacket, and macintosh, that I put on before creeping into my blanket-bag. I had announced to the Indians that we were going back, and their delight got them up first for a wonder, though indeed as we returned they were generally the first to move, in their e
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CHAPTER VII LIFE AT YAKUTAT
CHAPTER VII LIFE AT YAKUTAT
Thursday and Friday, August the 9th and 10th. —We wandered about the two villages hunting curios, but without much result, though I got a rather neat model of the skin bidarky. We got some excellent clams from the Indians, and a good lot of strawberries which W. and I hulled. We tried to arrange with Ned to take us up in his canoe to Disenchantment Bay, but there was a ‘potlatch’ in prospect, and he declined to make any agreement. Saturday, the 11th. —Very fine and hot. Our Indians came over by
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CHAPTER VIII YAKUTAT TO SITKA
CHAPTER VIII YAKUTAT TO SITKA
Thursday, the 23rd. —Up at sunrise, the blankets dripping with dew. As the morning was perfectly lovely, and the mountains quite clear, I roused De Groff to photograph, and then we went over in the big canoe to fetch Finn and our things, and said good-bye to the other two and to the missionaries. We then returned to the island and cooked our breakfast on De Groff’s stove, who was rather sad at our departure, but brightened up before we went. We managed to purchase a little hard tack and rice in
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HISTORY, POLITICS, HISTORICAL MEMOIRS, &c.
HISTORY, POLITICS, HISTORICAL MEMOIRS, &c.
Abbey and Overton’s English Church in the Eighteenth Century. Cr. 8vo. 7 s. 6 d. Abbott’s Skeleton Outline of Greek History. Crown 8vo. 2 s. 6 d. ⸺ History of Greece. Part 1, crown 8vo. 10 s. 6 d. Part 2, in the press . Acland and Ransome’s Handbook in Outline of the Political History of England to 1887. Crown 8vo. 6 s. Annual Register (The) for the Year 1889. 8vo. 18 s. The Vols. for 1863-1888 can still be had. Arnold’s Lectures on Modern History. 8vo. 7 s. 6 d. Ashby’s English Economic History
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EPOCHS OF ANCIENT HISTORY.
EPOCHS OF ANCIENT HISTORY.
Edited by the Rev. Sir G. W. Cox , Bart, M.A. and by C. Sankey , M.A. 10 volumes, fcp. 8vo. with Maps, price 2 s. 6 d. each. The Gracchi, Marius, and Sulla. By A. H. Beesly, M.A. With 2 Maps. The Early Roman Empire. By the Rev. W. Wolfe Capes, M.A. With 2 Maps. The Roman Empire of the Second Century. By the Rev. W. Wolfe Capes, M.A. With 2 Maps. The Athenian Empire from the Flight of Xerxes to the Fall of Athens. By the Rev. Sir G. W. Cox, Bart. M.A. With 5 Maps. The Rise of the Macedonian Empir
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EPOCHS OF MODERN HISTORY.
EPOCHS OF MODERN HISTORY.
Edited by C. Colbeck , M.A. 19 volumes, fcp. 8vo. with Maps. Price 2 s. 6 d. each. The Beginning of the Middle Ages. By the Very Rev. R. W. Church. With 3 Maps. The Normans in Europe. By Rev. A. H. Johnson, M.A. With 3 Maps. The Crusades. By the Rev. Sir G. W. Cox, Bart. M.A. With a Map. The Early Plantagenets. By the Right Rev. W. Stubbs, D.D. With 2 Maps. Edward the Third. By the Rev. W. Warburton, M.A. With 3 Maps. The Houses of Lancaster and York. By James Gairdner. With 5 Maps. The Early Tu
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EPOCHS OF CHURCH HISTORY.
EPOCHS OF CHURCH HISTORY.
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BIOGRAPHICAL WORKS.
BIOGRAPHICAL WORKS.
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MENTAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, FINANCE, &c.
MENTAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, FINANCE, &c.
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CLASSICAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE.
CLASSICAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE.
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ENCYCLOPÆDIAS, DICTIONARIES, AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
ENCYCLOPÆDIAS, DICTIONARIES, AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
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NATURAL HISTORY, BOTANY, AND GARDENING.
NATURAL HISTORY, BOTANY, AND GARDENING.
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THEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS WORKS.
THEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS WORKS.
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TRAVELS, ADVENTURES, &c.
TRAVELS, ADVENTURES, &c.
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WORKS BY RICHARD A. PROCTOR.
WORKS BY RICHARD A. PROCTOR.
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AGRICULTURE, HORSES, DOGS, AND CATTLE.
AGRICULTURE, HORSES, DOGS, AND CATTLE.
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WORKS OF FICTION.
WORKS OF FICTION.
Price 1 s. each, bds.; 1 s. 6 d. each, cloth. The Hughenden Edition . With 2 Portraits and 11 Vignettes. 11 vols. Crown 8vo. 42 s. 1 s. 6 d. each, cloth; 2 s. 6 d. each, gilt edges. 1 s. each, boards; 1 s. 6 d. each, cloth. Price 2 s. boards; 2 s. 6 d. cloth. Historical Tales , price 5 s. each:—...
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POETRY AND THE DRAMA.
POETRY AND THE DRAMA.
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SPORTS AND PASTIMES.
SPORTS AND PASTIMES.
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MISCELLANEOUS WORKS.
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS.
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WORKS BY MR. SAMUEL BUTLER.
WORKS BY MR. SAMUEL BUTLER.
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WORKS BY MRS. DE SALIS.
WORKS BY MRS. DE SALIS.
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THE BADMINTON LIBRARY.
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY.
Edited by the Duke of Beaufort , K.G., and A. E. T. Watson . Crown 8vo. Price 10 s. 6 d. each Volume. Hunting. By the Duke of Beaufort, K.G. and Mowbray Morris. With Contributions by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, Rev. E. W. L. Davies, Digby Collins, and Alfred E. T. Watson. With Frontispiece and 53 Illustrations by J. Sturgess, J. Charlton, and Agnes M. Biddulph. Fishing. By H. Cholmondeley-Pennell. With Contributions by the Marquis of Exeter, Henry R. Francis, M.A. Major John P. Traherne,
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THE SILVER LIBRARY.
THE SILVER LIBRARY.
Crown 8vo. price 3 s. 6 d. each. LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., London and New York....
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