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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



April 1. 



Notes of Travel 



FROM A. I. ROOT. 



Now, friends, lliore is a great moral here 

 somewhere, if we can find it. At least one rea- 

 son why we can not eat such food as other peo- 

 ple do is because we do not have enough of the 

 right kind of exercise. The summit of the 

 mountain was still iU miles further up; but we 

 two did not particularly "lianker" after any 

 more mountain climbing th<it night, " you bet.'" 

 I slept in a very open bedroohi. with plenty of 

 air (and plenty of blankets), and feared I should 

 be too stiff to move in the morning; but, to my 

 great surprises I wasn't stiff at all. Of course, I 



by the blight red wood of its branches. Very 

 pietty rustic furnituie is made from these 

 bright red bi-anches. The small object on a 

 higu peak at the left of the picture (see last 

 issue) is the observatory already mentioned. 



We went to the top and back before breakfast, 

 without a bit of trouble. At breakfast I ate 

 with a relish several slices of fat bacon —some- 

 thing I never did before in my life— and. oh such 

 lots of other good things! Our host had some 

 mush made of farinose; and as they didn't have 

 any cow up on the mountain, he told us to use 

 with it plenty of condensed milk. 



"Put on lots of butter, then lots of sugar, 

 then lots of milk,"' said he; and. oh my I how 

 delicious it was! I told him several times he 

 was •• swindled "' when he made a reduction on 



GOING DOWN THE MOl'NTAIX. 



sat by that big cook-stove the night before un- 

 til my damp clothing was perfectly dry. 



In the moi'ning we took a look at the valley 

 below: but as the sun was not yet up to dispel 

 the fogs and vapors of the night we seemed to 

 be on a sort of island that pushed up through a 

 great sea of clouds, and therefore we could only 

 lool\ about at the profusion of shrubl:iery and 

 bushes. The picture of Camp Wilson gives you 

 a very good idea of it. A good deal of the 

 shrubbery that covers the mountain is the well- 

 known manzanita. that sometimes gives quite a 

 flow of honey in February. In fact, we found 

 some already in bloom. It is easily recognized 



inij board and lodging; but he said he liked to 

 see his guests liave an appetite. 



Did I need my overcoat? Why, bless you, no: 

 and yet it was so cold I found the ground frozen 

 hard on the north side of the mountain-top, and 

 the crust on the snow was so hard I could not 

 get a piec(> loose with the heel of my boot. My 

 sore throat, chilly right side, bowel trouble, 

 cold in my nostrils and right ear, had all van- 

 ished in a way that seemed to me miraculous. 

 Now, please don't think I am writing a puff in 

 regard to the wonderful atmosphere of Wilson's 

 IVak. Outdoor exei'cise and entliusiostn would 

 do the same almost anywhere. Very likely tht- 



