Finally, after three hours' hard climb- 

 ing, we emerged from the forest on to 

 a great bare shoulder of the mountain, 

 from which the whole country around, 

 vast and beautiful, could be seen. We 

 took bearings and tried to locate that 

 lake, and we finally decided that a 

 wooded basin three miles away looked 

 likely to contain it. 



In order to get to it, we had to cross 

 a wooded ravine, very steep and torn 

 out by a recent cloudburst. We rode 

 the horses down places that I shudder 

 in remembering, and I had great 

 trouble in keeping away from the front 

 feet of my horse as I led him, especially 

 when there were little gullies that had 

 to be jumped. 



It was exciting enough, and hard 

 work, too, every nerve on a tingle and 

 one's heart thumping with the unwont- 



