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our best route. It was but a deep cleft in 

 the rock, and we proceeded down it with 

 our hands on the wall on either side and 

 our feet in the scanty but icy water. We 

 got on quite well till within thirty feet of the 

 bottom, when suddenly we found that the 

 stream fell clear over the edge in a waterfall. 

 Now what were we to do ? We could not 

 go back, as it would be a two hours' climb up 

 to the top of the ridge, and it was getting 

 dark ; we had no food and this would be 

 a very uncomfortable place to sleep in. 

 Matters looked rather gloomy till after a 

 search of some ten minutes we found a tree 

 a little way up, the branches of which 

 reached across to the next ridge. After a 

 bit of a scramble we climbed over, and 

 from there the way was easy. The bear 

 proved to be five feet six inches long. Only 

 a fair size, but with a most lovely coat, 

 streaked with white in sympathy with the 

 snow among which he had been living. 

 By the time we had skinned him it was 

 dark, but a fine moon served to light us 



