Longs Peak from the East . . . Frontispiece 

 A Man with a History ...... 6 



The Crest of the Continent in Winter , IJ,OOO Feet 

 above Sea- Lev el . . . . . . 16 



A Snow-Slide Track 20 



A Veteran Western Yellow Pine . . . 32 

 A Beaver-House . . . ... . .58 



A Beaver-Dam in Winter .... 64 



Lake Odessa 76 



On the Heights 84 



A Storm on the Rockies . . . . -94 

 Longs Peak from the Summit of Mt. Meeker . 100 

 On the Tip-Top of Longs Peak . . . .no 

 A Miner on a Return Horse . . . . 116 



Scotch near Timber-Line 132 



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