. Alaska and its resources. bankwithout taking the tent out of the boat, as the night was remark-ably pleasant and the mosquitoes unusually quiet. Saturday, yune 1st. — The next morning at one oclock wewere on our way again, working hard against a strong sandstones were now succeeded by conglomerate and meta- 34 THE YUKON TERRITORY. morphous quartzose rocks. Many butterflies, including the fa-miliar swallow-tail {Papilio Turims), and another species some-what similar {P. Aliaska), were hovering over the surface. Uponmentioning that I would give a needle apiece for good speci-mens,
. Alaska and its resources. bankwithout taking the tent out of the boat, as the night was remark-ably pleasant and the mosquitoes unusually quiet. Saturday, yune 1st. — The next morning at one oclock wewere on our way again, working hard against a strong sandstones were now succeeded by conglomerate and meta- 34 THE YUKON TERRITORY. morphous quartzose rocks. Many butterflies, including the fa-miliar swallow-tail {Papilio Turims), and another species some-what similar {P. Aliaska), were hovering over the surface. Uponmentioning that I would give a needle apiece for good speci-mens, a commotion was aroused amongst the little fleet of birchcanoes which accompanied us. All was excitement, paddles wereflourished in the air, the light canoes darted about after theslowly sailing, unsuspecting butterflies, and the result was aconsiderable number of passable specimens. I saw, also, severalwax-wings {Ampelis garrulus) in the bushes along shore, andobtained a sandhill crane. A fair wind sprang up and sent the.
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