388 Capt. Blakiston’s Explorations in the Rocky Mountains. 
On Monday the 6th of September, immediately on starting at 
A.M. we regained British ground; we travelled up the creek 
till 10, when we halted for breakfast. It was cold, raw, and 
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ing of the barometer, which gave an altitude of 6030 feet. We 
ascended along the ridge about 100 feet more, and then by a 2!g- 
zag track commenced a steep descent. It was not however very 
bad, and we soon arrived at a small mountain torrent flowing 
eastward, thus regaining the waters of the Atlantic after an a 
sence of sixteen days. The trail continued mostly through 
woods down the valley due east. The rocks on the tops of the — 
mountains on either side were often of very curious shapes, — 
and the strata in places much contorted; there were also some — 
magnificent cliffs, and the cascades of snow water falling down 
the narrow gullies, added motion to the grandeur of the scene. — 
‘The snow gradually decreased as we descended. On arriving at — 
the spot where the valley joined another, I found the Indians 
my ona patch of prairie, where I was glad enough to let 
my horse free, as we had travelled this day from six to six, with 4 
a halt of only 14 hours. ; 
_ The horses had the first half of the following day to rest, and — 
IT took the opportunity of testing my aneroid barometer by the — 
er water apparatus, making the ordinary observations, a 
After two h 
a sketch of a very peculiar peak just above our camp. — 
‘© hours travelling on level ground along Red-stone 
