the 6000 foot giants. I selected :\ modest 1200 foot fellow 

 called TuuiR-l Mountain, and in face ot fierce winds and 

 gusts of rain ( which on the higher peaks fell in the form 

 of snow) I scaled it in abonl an hour and a half. The 

 view from the to]) was as enchanting and ravishing as 

 mortal eye ever rested on. Neither poet nor painter 

 could even faintly describe or picture it. Wliy should 

 I then, who have not the gift of either, attempt to do 

 what cannot be done? Suffice it to say, it is imprinted 

 on niv memorv and likely to .stay there. 



ONE OF OUR CAMPS. 



Coming down, like inunerous other would-l)e smart 

 ones, I thought it an easy matter to leave the carefully 

 graded path and by traveling straight down save time and 

 distance. Very soon m>- feet slipped from under me; 

 down on my back I slid, grasping at shrubs, stones and 

 plants in my rapid descent, which ke].t up until its 



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