Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-17
olNApNs AuNrINe oNouNo.
A Country Abonnding IN All Einds Of
Game Dear To the SPORT snaan.

A Country AbonndiDg IN All Rifda OF
Game Dear To the s9or,snsan.
The shooting in the valleys os brit
ish Columbia isnoSt allnring to those
who are fond OF The sport Caribou.
deer. bear. prairie chicken and part
RIGGS abound in them In all prob
ability there Is no similar exteDt Of
country that equals the valley q the
Columbia, from which, in the winter
uf 1888. between six and eight tons
nf deersl1ins were shipped by local
..ulers. the result OF legitimate hunt
.r But the forests and the noun
ttins are az they were when the
white man first saw them, aRd though
the beaver and the sea otter. the mar
ten and those foxes whose furs are
coveted by the rich. are not as abun-
dant az they once wero. the rest OF the
game is most plentiful.
On the Rockies and on the Coast
range the mountain goat, most diff
cult of beasts to hunt and still harder
To get. IL abundant vet. The "big
horn. or mountain sheep, is NOT 30
common, but the hunting thereof II
usually successful If good guides are
obtained. The cougar, the grizzly
and the lynx are all plentiful, and
black and brown bears are very nu-
merous. Elk are going the way OF
the big horn" are preceding that
creature. in fact Pbeasants import
ed. grouse. quail and water fowl are
among the feathered game. and the
river and lake fishing IL such as is
not approached in any other part OF
the dominion.
The province is a sportslnan's Eden,
but the hunting of big game there il
not a venture to be lightly under
taken. 1t is not alone the distance ol
the cost that gives one pause, fol
after the province is reached the
mountain climbing is task that nc
amount of wealth will Tighten. AnG
these are genuine mountains, by the
way, wearing eternal caps If snow
and equally eternal deceit as to theil
distances, their heights. and as to al
else concerning which rarcfied at
mosphere can hocus pocus a stranger
There is one animal, king of all tho
beasts, which the most unaspirine
hunter may chance upon as well al
the bravest and that animal carries
perpetual chip upon its shoulder
and seldom turns from an encounter
It is the grizzly bear. 1t is his pres
ence that gives you either zcst oi
pause, as you may decide, in hunting
all the others that roam the noun
tains. Yet in that hunters dream
land it is the grizzly that attracts
many sportsmen every year.
From the headquarters of the Hud
son Bay company in Victoria / OBJ
tanned the list OF animals in whose
skins that company trades at tina
station. 1t makes formidable cata
logue Of geological products and is a
follows Bears Drown, black, gTiz
zly), beaver, badger, foxes silver
cross and red), fishers, martens
minks, lynxes, muskrat, ottor (sei
OF landD, panther, raccoon, wolves
CDlack, gray and coyote) black tailet
deer, stags Ia true stag. growing t.
the size of an OK and found on tn
hills of Vancouver island), caribou O
reindeer, hares, mountain goat, BIZ
horn Tor mountain sheep, moos
(near the Roclsies), wood buffalo
found in the north, not greatly dill
ferent from the bison, but larger)
geese, swans and duck. Julian Ralpl
in Harper's.