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of snow and ice hampered me, and my snow- 

 shoes were entangled with brush and limbs. The 

 combination seemed determined to drown me. 

 For a few seconds I put forth all my efforts 

 to get at my pocket-knife. This accomplished, 

 the fastenings of my snowshoes were cut, and 

 unhampered by these, I escaped the waters. 



Since I have felt no ill results, the effect of 

 the entire experience may have been beneficial. 

 The clouds, glorious as they had been in forma- 

 tion and coloring, resulted in a terrible cloud- 

 burst. Enormous quantities of water were poured 

 out, and this, falling upon the treeless foothills, 

 rushed away to do more than a million dollars' 

 damage in the rich and beautiful Poudre Valley* 



