quietly in camp ; the duties of correspondence were faithfully 

 attended to ; and the kind hospitality of Dr. Leverson was 

 very refreshing and fully appreciated. 



JULY 2, MONDAY. 



After leaving- Leverson's ranche we soon reached Lark- 

 spur, and, turning to the right, passed across the plains and 

 came to Lake Divide, which is on the summit of the transverse 

 range of hills separating the Platte River from the Arkansas 

 River. The elevation is 7,554 feet. Five miles from the lake 

 we came to Monument, and encamped about a mile fur- 

 ther on, near the road. We took a tramp up the Little Giant 

 mountain, from which we had a beautiful view of Pike's 

 Peak and the Front Range. These sights were new and strange, 

 and they filled us with admiration for the sublime nature we 

 were brought in such close contact with. On our road up 

 and on the return we passed through long, beautiful meadows 

 with high eroded columns of sandstone, which seemed very 

 grand. The whole seemed to us rather more like an en- 

 chanted land than a reality. 



JULY 3, TUESDAY. 



Starting early in the morning, and passing through Edger- 

 ton, we skirted along the eastern edge of Monument Park. 

 We reached Colorado Springs at twelve o'clock, having been 

 on the road four days and a half, and having ridden seventy- 

 five miles. After a good dinner we set out again to find 

 our party, and rode over to Glen Eyre, which was full of 

 natural wonders new to us, in its curiously upturned strata. 

 Not finding them there, we went to the Garden of the 

 gods, where the wagons were already drawn up, and a per- 

 manent camp formed near the Gateway. 



JULY 4, WEDNESDAY. 



"The members of the various departments represented in the 

 expedition now set to work in real earnest; and we com- 

 menced our part by establishing the height of a base at 

 the Beebee House in Manitou Springs for the purpose of 

 measuring Pike's Peak. This was finished by noon ; and M. 

 choosing the lower station, L. started, after dinner, to climb 

 the mountain, and reached the Lake House in the evening 

 after some adventures not worth noting. 



