LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PACING PAGE 



A halt for repairs. One of the packs slipped here and 



held up the whole procession 78 



Fire guard Reid on his look-out tower on Hillsboro 



Peak 82 



"When we arrived the fire was climbing to the top" 82 



The approach of the fire ... . . . . . > 86 



Fire in the brush 86 



"When the fire at length rose above the ridge, we were 



ready" 90 



Creek Canyon 



^^ , . 98 



Lumbering at O'Brien's ......... 104 



McKnight Canyon 110 



Over the McKnight- Animas Divide 118 



Whitey in deep trouble 118 



In the Animas country 124 



Black River 134 



Evening on the range 142 



The northern limit of our work 150 



"Old Man Reed's Place" 154 



Panorama of range near the head of Diamond Creek . 158 

 At the source of Black River, where the Continental 



Divide crosses 158 



Moving-day 164 



First camp on Diamond Creek . . . . A >. . . 164 



The Diamond Bar Range .......... 172 



Preparing for the party ......... 180 



Washing day 180 



The last move -.- . . . 192 



View at evening from the last camp in the Black Range 200 



Typical cruising country in the higher levels . . . 200 



