SPORT AND TRAVEL 



In the afternoon we continued our journey through 

 mountains for the most part covered with pine forests, 

 much of which had been terribly devastated by fires. 

 In some places acres upon acres of tall grey-stemmed 

 dead pine-trees were still standing, whilst in others 



VIEW IN THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING, SEPTEMBER, 1897 



hundreds of these dead stems had been blown down by 

 the wind and lay one across another in hopeless confu- 

 sion. Here and there young trees were growing up 

 amongst the dead and decaying stems, but as a rule 

 there appeared to be no new growth in the devastated 

 areas. As we proceeded we gradually ascended and 

 camped in a beautiful little open glade, close to a 



