"Some four years ago, the Survey sent me on a trip which included themapping of a portion of the foothills of the Mt. St. Elias Range. It isa rugged and barren part of the country, but although rough in theextreme, no obstacles had been encountered that hard labor and longhours could not overcome. It was a packing trip and everything hadprogressed favorably, there was plenty of forage, the streams had beenfairly passable, and we feasted twice a day on moose or mountain sheep.For days and weeks together we had hardly been out of sight of caribou.They had a curious way of approaching, either one at a time or else inquite large bands, coming close to the pack-train, then breaking awaysuddenly at full gallop and returning in large circles. Even the crackof a rifle could not scare them out of their curiosity, and we nevershot any except when we needed meat.
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The axman brought down his blade with his full strength three times, andthe fibers of the tree cracked and began to give way. Back over theslowly moving tree came Magee, leaving Bulson alone on the jam. Suddenlythe tree parted with a sharp crack and as it did so there arose agrinding roar, and the blocks of ice which had been jammed behind thetree seemed to leap up and fling themselves over the rapid. It did notseem possible that any man could ride that furious clashing of the jam,but Roger noticed that Bulson, making his way to shore over the grindingice, yet had coolness to stop and give a shove here and a heave there,unlocking the jam, as it were, until, standing on the ice nearest theshore, he gave one last mighty shove and sprang to the bank just as witha seeming disappointed roar the whole jam broke and sped down thefoaming river.
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