196 Rocky Mountains and Oregon. 
below, and, standing where never human foot had stood before, felt the 
exultation of first explorers. It was about two o’clock when we left 
the summit; and when we reached the bottom, the sun had already 
sunk behind the wall, and the day was drawing to a close. It woul 
have been pleasant to have lingered here and on the summit longer ; 
ut we hurried away as rapidly as the ground would permit, for it was 
an object to regain our party as soon as possible, not knowing what ac- 
cident the next hour might bring forth. 
** We reached our deposite of provisions at nightfall. Here was not 
the inn which awaits the tired traveller on his return from Mont Blane, 
or the orange groves of South America, with their refreshing juices 
and soft fragrant air; but we found our little cache of dried meat and 
coffee undisturbed. Though the moon was bright, the road was full of 
precipices, and the fatigue of the day had been great. We therefore 
abandoned the idea of rejoining our friends, and jay down on the rock, 
and, in spite of the cold, slept soundly.”—pp. 68, 69, 70 and 71. 
Other pages of general interest might be cited, but we pass to 
some points of geological importance, in the regions examined. 
It was before known that the slopes of the Rocky Mountains were 
very gradual in inclination; but the fact is brought out with greater 
definiteness and more distinctly to the eye, in the section presente 
y Lieut. Frémont, of which the following is a reduced copy. 
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Profile of the route from the mouth of the Kansas to the Pacific, by J. C. Fremont 
in 1843. Vertical scale to horizontal as 1 to 30. The intervals Sc iealalp the haris 
m 
d. South Pass. e. Dividingrange. f. Beer Sprin 
t : e. jf. BeerSprings. g. Great Salt Lake. h. Fort 
Hall. - Crossing of Snake River. &. Blue Sivebiaite: l. Fort Wallawalla. 
m. Dalles. m. Cascades. 0. Fort Vancouver. p- Mount St. Helen's. 
109° 26’, was found to be 7,490 feet above the sea. 
