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helplessly down the steep, rocky declivity 800 feet to the bottom — of 

 course being killed, his pack torn into tatters, and the provisions scattered 

 all along the slope, as food for mountain animals and insects. Fortunately, 

 the young men themselves managed. to get safely across the danger-stretch, 

 and hastened on down to their comrades. Four of the party returned to try 

 and reach the horse to see if he was killed, and to recover what they could 

 of the lost baggage and supplies. It was a climb for life, perilous at every 

 step. The horse was dead. They recovered a few things, and returned to 

 camp very sad and very tired. They stayed in camp all next day to rest ; 

 then the whole company went to Barley Flats, these being the first women 

 who had ever climbed to that long-famed mountain hunting ground. They 

 all returned home by way of Switzer's trail, the girls having walked the 

 entire round — about sixty miles in all. 



Harvard Telescope Point, or " Sigyial /(?<a!/&."— Directly back from 

 Mount Harvard, and a little westward, at the summit of the range, there is 

 a slight elevation above the main ridge line, and here is where the Harvard 

 23-inch photographing telescope stood from May i, 1889, until late in 1890: 

 hence the name. The instrument was in constant use both night and day, 

 when there was no obscuring clouds, taking photographic views one foot 

 square, which, when properly placed' together, formed a complete and accu- 

 rate map of all planets, satellites, stars or nebulae visible from that point 

 during one entire year. And some objects in the star-world were there 

 brought to view and recorded which had never been seen by mortal eye 

 before. This work was conducted by Prof. — King. Up to January i, 

 1890, there had been taken 11 55 of these photographs. The same instru- 



OBSERVATORY CASINO — 1894. 



