2 6o Mtising's by Camp-Fh'e and Wayside 



himself its origin and its channel. What reinforce- 

 ments the stream receives after leaving the snow is 

 from springs which find their way out from reser- 

 voirs in the porphyry. Another stream gives them 

 their electric lights. I was interested in knowing 

 what lay behind that steep little mountain which 

 shuts off a view of the water supply. So I buckled 

 on my camera and started. On the way I met Mrs. 

 James Wollaston Kirk, of Philadelphia, thus far on 

 her way, with her husband, to the Yukon as a mis- 

 sionary. I told Mrs. Kirk that Silver Bow Canon 

 lay just beyond that little mountain, and that I was 

 going to explore it; would she go with me? The 

 road lay around the cliff, was built of poles which 

 were supported on the outside by beams and long 

 posts. At various places there were spaces made 

 where teams could pass. The river which foamed 

 along below implied a pretty sharp and long ascent. 

 Passing beyond the little mountain a stream of some 

 width and impetuosity crossed the road. It did not 

 discourage the lady. She balanced on the stone, 

 and chunks thrown in, and came to shore with a 

 flying bound. A gentleman we met said we would 

 find some good views by passing around a spur seen 

 in the distance; "but it is quite a walk," he added. 

 So I found a nice shady place from which the beau- 

 tiful tangle of water on the mountain-side was 

 visible, and fixed a seat for Mrs. Kirk, and said I 

 would go on up the mountain, and so strode away. 

 The precipice below that spur was more than a 



