EXPLORATIONS ON THE NORTHERN SLOPES 



sand feet on the other side. Snow lies upon part of 

 this slope ; stones, started from the edge, leap in 

 lengthening bounds over its firm surface and plunge 

 with a splash into the throat of the lakelet that lies 

 in the amphitheater. The ice slope, dipping into the 

 clear water, passes from purest white to deepest blue as 

 it passes out of sight in the depths of the basin. 



A two days' visit to this trackless region sufficed 

 only to see a small part of the magnificent scenery. 

 White River Canon, the cliffs of Ragged Spur, the 

 northern slope of Mount Tacoma, where the climber 

 is always tempted upward, might occupy him for 

 weeks. Across the snow fields, where Milk Creek 

 rises, is the glacier of the North Fork of the Puyallup, 

 and the end of the horse trail we left at Carbon River 

 is within six miles of its base. When a trail is built 

 up Carbon River, the way across this divide will be 

 found, and, with comfortable stopping places on the 

 two rivers, the tourist can pass a delightful week amid 

 scenery we now cross the ocean to Switzerland to see. 



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