Travels in Alaska 



have in store, the treasures we had gained this glori- 

 ous morning would enrich our lives forever. 



When we arrived at the mouth of the fiord, and 

 rounded the massive granite headland that stands 

 guard at the entrance on the north side, another large 

 glacier, now named the Reid, was discovered at the 

 head of one of the northern branches of the bay. 

 Pushing ahead into this new fiord, we found that it 

 was not only packed with bergs, but that the spaces 

 between the bergs were crusted with new ice, com- 

 pelling us to turn back while we were yet several 

 miles from the discharging frontal wall. But though 

 we were not then allowed to set foot on this magnifi- 

 cent glacier, we obtained a fine view of it, and I made 

 the Indians cease rowing while I sketched its principal 

 features. Thence, after steering northeastward a few 

 miles, we discovered still another large glacier, now 

 named the Carroll. But the fiord into which this 

 glacier flows was, like the last, utterly inaccessible on 

 account of ice, and we had to be content with a gen- 

 eral view and sketch of it, gained as we rowed slowly 

 past at a distance of three or four miles. The moun- 

 tains back of it and on each side of its inlet are sculp- 

 tured in a singularly rich and striking style of archi- 

 tecture, in which subordinate peaks and gables appear 

 in wonderful profusion, and an imposing conical 

 mountain with a wide, smooth base stands out in the 

 main current of the glacier, a mile or two back from 

 the discharging ice-wall. 



We now turned southward down the eastern shore 

 of the bay, and in an hour or two discovered a glacier 



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