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impressed on my memory, as a scene far 

 surpassing all. The glacier itself being 

 11,000 feet above the level of the sea, I 

 should think that the highest peaks in its 

 vicinity must be from 21 to 25,000 feet, but, 

 I believe they have not been measured. 



The next day being Sunday, we walked 

 quietly up about three miles to a new place, 

 and halted. During our walk we passed 

 two fine old bears, on a slope over our 

 heads, but not carrying rifles on Sunday, 

 they bowled off unhurt, to a valley, into 

 which we have never been able to find a 

 road ; indeed the bears themselves were 

 very much puzzled, for they are rather 

 awkward in difficult places ; however they 

 went ofi", and we went on. 



For the three following days, we shot over 

 w^hat we consider the best burrell-ground on 

 the hills, and had tolerable sport, and then 

 came down the hill to the Rudegeira valley, 

 which I have christened " The happy hunting- 

 grounds ;" a capital place for three days' 

 shooting. The first day I killed three burrell, 



