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The terrace formation is characteristic of these moun- 

 tains ; seen from below they do not appear very high, 

 because only the top of the next division is visible; 

 but when one is surmounted, another and another 

 arises, and people maintain that when you come to the 

 highest there is always one more. 



The terrace on which I found myself was about one 

 hundred and eighty paces wide. Advancing cautiously 

 towards the middle, keeping a sharp look-out, I per- 

 ceived a doe quietly grazing, and coming towards me. 

 I whistled, she stopped, bounded upwards with the 

 shot, ran about fifty paces towards me, and fell dead. 

 She was in excellent condition — I hung her up, and 

 went on. At the end of the terrace, where a spring 

 dashed down the rock, I observed signs of a bear ; he 

 had turned over several stones to find worms, and had 

 bitten off some of the bushes to make a bed ; seeing 

 nothing more, I returned to the camp, to have the help 

 of my companion to follow up the trail next day, 

 taking half the doe on my shoulders as I went along. 

 I found Conwell occupied with a very fat turkey. 



Tired with all the climbing, we wrapped ourselves 

 in our blankets, and threw ourselves down for a 

 nap ; but the sun setting, and wind getting colder and 

 sharper, did not allow us much repose, but warned us 

 to make a fire, and a good fire too, for the night. 

 Wood was abundant, and we had only to move a few 

 steps for as much as we wanted. The sun had hardly 

 disappeared behind the trees on the western mountains, 

 when it became dark in our ravine; the twilight did 

 not last more than ten minutes. It was the last 

 day of the year. In my native land, many a happy 



