ing and the fireplace in front. There 

 were plenty of stones on the ground with 

 which we built the fireplace. We chose 

 this elevation for our building site be- 

 cause it would be above the fogs that 

 often at night settle in the bottom of a 

 valley, on a stream or pond. 



A rill, tumbling down the steep hill- 

 side, draining a cold spring above, passed 

 within thirty yards of the camp and sup- 

 plied us with the kind of drinking water 

 that, in the city, we buy for thirty cents 

 a quart. This is a commodity that Na- 

 ture distributes with lavish hand through- 

 out this entire mountain region. On 

 every hillside may be found one or more 

 springs of pure soft water having a tem- 

 perature of approximately forty degrees 

 on the hottest days of summer. Here, 

 the rheumatic, the dispeptic, the diabetic, 

 and the fellow with kidneys, may have 

 the poisons washed out of his system ; 

 while the balsamic air heals the rent in 

 his breathing machinery. These pro- 

 cesses may go forward, not while .he sits 



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