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together with willows and on this rude raft 

 made my way directly across. My camp was 

 within fifty feet of the place where I landed. 



Elements of peculiar attractiveness are com- 

 bined in the lakes that are situated along the 

 timber-line. Some have a treeless mountain or 

 a rugged snow-piled peak rising boldly behind, 

 and an acre or so of meadow between one shore 

 and the forest. A segment of wind-distorted 

 trees, a few enormous rock domes, a fine pile 

 of boulders, and a strip of willow with clumps of 

 spruces and firs combine to give a charming 

 border. 



Among the best known of these Colorado 

 lakes are Grand, Trapper's, Bierstadt, Trout, 

 San Cristoval, Chicago, Thunder, Silver, Mo- 

 raine, and Twin Lakes. Grand Lake, prob- 

 ably the largest, is about three miles long by one 

 mile wide. Its basin appears to be largely due 

 to a morainal dam. The San Cristoval basin 

 appears to have been formed by a mud stream 

 which blockaded a mountain valley. The lakes 

 of the Long's Peak region are my favorites. 

 These are numerous and show a variety of forms. 



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