Show F ft forest t fa fires 1 and d DI 1 in at alajko miles and miles of blackened stumps marked the ravages of forest fires the indian when resting on his journey and suffering buffering from mosquitoes sets fire to the twigs and leaves around him creating creti ti a smoke mole which keeps the pest at a dis distance nee and when refreshed he straps on ha hia 13 pack and moves along the trail of course without extinguishing his fire in announcing his approach to friends at a distance he sets fire to a half dead spruce or tamarack tree and the column of thick black smoke is the signal to be acknowledged in the same manner by those who see it so BO as to direct the tha traveler to their camping grounds in the he summer U everything is crisp and dry and the jimb timber e r is saturated with turpentine the trees left to smolder are fanned into flame by the slightest breeze the flames creep among the resinous minous trees and spread till whole forests are destroyed these forest fires and the mosquitoes mosquito ee account for the scarcity of game over the vast region that we visited there was a remarkable scarcity of wild animals we saw raw only a few ground squirrels and some grouse and ptarmigan the indians say that all the larger animals retreat in summer to the hilltops where exposed to a constant breeze they are free from the torments of insects E J glave in century |