HO! FOR GRAY'S PEAK! 



BY the uninitiated it may be regarded simply as 

 fun and pastime to climb a mountain whose 

 summit soars into cloudland ; in reality it is 

 serious business, not necessarily accompanied with great 

 danger, but always accomplished by laborious effort. 

 However, it is better for the clamberer to look upon his 

 undertaking as play rather than work. Should he come 

 to feel that it is actual toil, he might soon weary of a 

 task engaged in so largely for its own sake, and decide 

 to expend his time and energy in something that would 

 " pay better." Moreover, if he is impelled by a hobby 

 ornithology, for instance in addition to the mere 

 love of mountaineering, he will find that something 

 very near akin to wings has been annexed to the climb- 

 ing gear of which he is naturally possessed. 



The morning of June 27 saw my youthful com- 

 panion and myself mounted each upon a shaggy burro, 



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