THE BETTER WAY. 91 



and bottles with which the modern globe-trotter 

 marks his path through the beautiful and sacred 

 scenes in nature, 1 



In this uncomfortable way the majority of 

 summer tourists spend day after day, and week 

 after week ; going home tired out, with no new 

 idea gained, but happy to be able to say they 

 have been here and there, beheld this canon, 

 dined on that mountain, drank champagne in 

 such a pass, and struggled for breath on top of 

 " the Peak." Their eyes may indeed have 

 passed over these scenes, but they have not seen 

 one thing. 



Far wiser is he (and more especially she) who 

 seeks out a corner obscure enough to escape the 

 eyes of the " procession," settles himself in it, 

 and spends fruitful and delightful days alone 

 with nature ; never hasting nor rushing ; seeing 

 and studying the wonders at hand, but avoid- 

 ing " parties " and " excursions ; " valuing more 

 a thorough knowledge of one canon than a 

 glimpse of fifty ; caring more to appreciate the 

 beauties of one mountain than to scramble over 

 a whole range ; getting into such perfect har- 

 mony with nature that it is as if he had come 

 into possession of a new life ; and from such an 



1 Since the above was written, I am glad to learn that, be- 

 cause of this vandalism, the remains of ' ' H. H." have been 

 removed to the cemetery at Colorado Springs. 



