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attract the eye, something to arouse the senses, 

 big mountains, as Tallac, Ralston, or Rubicon; 

 splendid falls, as the Eagle or White Cloud, ex- 

 pressing all that is radiant and beautiful in the 

 wilds; then the lakes, seemingly numberless, of 

 every shape, contour, and size, backed against 

 steep mountains, filled to the brim with shadows 

 and color; yet all about lodges, hotels, homes, 

 camps, trails, telling the story of the invasion 

 of civilization, that has, however, not killed the 

 charm but merely made the region, that is now 

 a permanent government reserve, available to all 

 the people who would breathe pure air and drink 

 the waters of ten thousand peaks high on the 

 top of the world, a mile above the sea. 



