T stood on : in @ narrow 
I had ) em d the fi se li if 
as ed the rt - 1 of curi- 
osity, I descended, and e ling 9 cended 
in his turn; for I would = sates ses 
time to mount the unstable and precario’ 
da breath would Sad 
into the abyss be We mounted the “4 
rometer i 
g our 
sign of a 
except spurte ike bind on 
: mentioned, JA stillness the most profound 
stantly on i mind as the-great features of 
the e. Here, on the summit, where the 
stillness was absolute, unbro ken a ny 
sound, and the solitude eee te, hs ssa 
ourselves beyond the region of ani 
while we were sitt ao ont he ae a soli- 
oe a toe 
293, the 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
TOmMUs, i“ humble bee) came | T 
[sa 
sources of the Missouri and ger yA rivers} 
thern of the ridge, 
According to the 
- | columns. 
little crest of the wall. on which we 
seven hundred and eig 
lakes at the bottom, immediately at our feet. 
amp at the ls (an astronomical 
outh . on ; — with a 
i 
bearing of th T 
west, and the direction of the central ridge 
of t 
sienitic gneiss. Si 
ceeded in our descent to the 
mec and sone the strict order of our 
ad climbed the | 
y sun. 
the:day was drawing to a 
Tt. would have: been 
here and 
part: 
hecideat the next hour might bring forth. 
e reached o posit of provisions at 
Ww 
rejoining our friends, and: la: adam. 
Tock, and, in spite of ii ‘cold, slept 
