ALONE IN THE VAST SOLITUDE.

A CLAIM ON KLONDIKE

A Romance

OF

THE ARCTIC EL DORADO

BY

EDWARD ROPER, F.R.G.S.

AUTHOR OF
'BY TRACK AND TRAIL THROUGH CANADA,' ETC., ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCXCIX

All Rights reserved

ILLUSTRATIONS.

[ ALONE IN THE VAST SOLITUDE . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ SHOOTING MYLES CAÑON ]

[ LAKE LA BARGE ]

[ FIVE FINGERS RAPIDS ]

[ ON THE YUKON AT THE MOUTH OF THE KLONDYKE RIVER ]

[ OUR DUG-OUT, OUR TUNNEL, AND OUR SLUICE ]

[ "WHEN SHE APPEARED AGAIN I WAS GREATLY EMBARRASSED" ]

[ MAY AND I IN THE DUG-OUT ]

[ "IT WAS A MELANCHOLY UNDERTAKING" ]

[ "WELCOME, FRIENDS" ]