I,, "I". Utt 



T\\ . hours |, it. T til- _">l_fe suddenly expands ;ilr! V, 



before us hi_i;li ii|> against tin- ky ;i ja^cd lim ..!' sunny 

 peak- ,,f M. u form- and co|., iirs. A u ide deep t',,r.--t 

 valley inter\cncs. holding u bnwid an<l rapid river This is the 

 ( 'olumbia. The new mountain- i- an- the S.-lkirks, 



an<l We ha\e ii"\\ crossed thr Uockies. \\ M of 



< -"Mi'ii <>n tin- < ''>lniiil>ia ri\ i i ami from li.-r-- a steamer niaki-s 



.lar trij.s up th.- riv.-r to tin- lak.-s at it ln-a<l. -iistant 



it KK uiil.-s. tlius off'.-rin^ an -a.sy ami most attractive 

 rout*' to a tin.' ^ani.- listrin. H.T.- carilM.u i|i-.-r. l-ai->. an<l 

 otluT animals an- t'oinul in tin- Ion-Ms botderin^tlM i'iv-r. ami 

 a great vari.-ty of ducks ami waterfowl also alxKiml. Swri-pin^ 

 rouml into tin- ( 'olunil)ia valli-y \\r have a glorious mountain 

 vi-\v. To tin- north ami s. .nth. as I'ai-as tin- t-yc can rt-adi 

 hav.'tln- Kocki'-s <>n tin- i\<- haml ami tin- S.-lkirks on th- 

 otln-r \\i<lt-ly <litf'fi-in^ in aspect, l>ut each imlrx-rihaldy t^raml. 

 llotli ris.- from the river in a BOeomnOll of tn-e-dail l-n- 

 ami soon, leaving the tn-cs Ix-him!, sliK)t uji to tlie regions of 

 ]>erjietual sm>\\ ami ;< 



the Columliia ami I'ollnwiny down through a great 



n through tunnels and deej. nn-k -cuttings, we shortly 

 ley. and commence the ascent of the S.-lkirks. 

 and then f..r twenty miles \\ e climh alon^ the mountain B 

 through dense f. normoii^ trees until m-ar the summit 



iml ourseKes in the midst of a womlei-ful group of jx-aks 

 of fantastic -shapes and many colours. At the summit, four 

 thousand five hundred feet al>\.- tide water is a natural 

 resting-place, a I m MU! level area -urroumlcd l.y mountain 

 moiiai-chs. all of them in the deadly embrace of glac 



iij^c under this warm summer sky to see this l.attle .u r "ii'^ f 

 on between rocks ami ice, a battle began aeons ago and to 

 continue f.>r a-ons to QCMM To the north and so near us that 

 \\ imagine that we hear the crackling of the ice. ix a ^ 



ier whose ^(-e.-n fissures we Win plainly see. To the south 



,"tlie|- \astly larger, by the side of which the greatest of 

 those of the Alps would !* i iisij^n i ticaiit . Smaller g\n< 

 find liMl^ment in all the mountain lynches and slop, ^ win 



