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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1876. Ui 
For Forest and Stream. 
HUNTING THE AFRICAN LION IN AL¬ 
GERIA. 
BV ISAAC MCLEI.LAN. 
a the Mahons Mountain, In the Havacta glen 
'he summons of the Shiek is ont—come forth ye bearded men. 
a dangerous defiles, in jingle, in ravine, 
hallow'd by cork-tree forests, and by the olives green. 
I’ho torrent-brook of Onled ia bare with torrid heat, 
ts gravelly bod is trampled by the lion’s mighty feet. 
tome forth, then, Arab tribesmen, come hunter and come ecout, 
For signal fires are blazing o’er all the cliffs about; 
>nt sandal from the feet, casfburnons from the limb, 
lor silent must your ambush be, in dell and desert grim. 
land firm together side by side with ready gun and lance, 
’he monster lurks in densest shade where never sunbeams glance. 
‘his slope npon the monntain side runs precipitously down 
.nd leads to whore the brook pours ont its waves of turbid brown; 
ia the lion's pathway, and here he comes to drink, 
tUth bristling mane, with lawny hide, fast by the plashy brink, 
cel all around the trees are torn, and seam'd and scarr’d the bark, 
Hs hero Ids crooked iron claws leave their terrific mark. 
.ere in the yellow sand he wallow’d in the heat, 
ud here among the pebbles the impress of bis feet! 
Then let the bravest and the best” tn compact order stand; 
he weak and timid may lie hid where sheltering groves expand. 
ere in these desert places no other life may be, 
lie wild-boar, the jackal, turn from the hannt and flee, 
he sneaking panther of the wood feeda but on sheep and hare, 
bis desert Is the lion's realm, ibe monarch’s royal lair; 
rotn hence, when stars are ont, he gallops to the plain, 
eneath the herdsman’s very beard the cattle-fold to gain. 
land fast! ’tiB hour of midnight, all earth is bid In gloom, 
o howls of wolf, no low of ox, acrftsfi the sileuce boom, 
o flash of watch fires, and no light from shepherd’s sleeping tent 
i u scare the prowling monster, in warning gleams are sent. 
-aud rast! there comes a sound 1 Is it the rising breeze 
liatmimnurs complainingly far thro’ the sombre trees 1 
t o; ’tie the lion’s trample, aud'lol in single file 
he tawny beasts! and as they march they lash their flanks Hut while; 
lieir luminous fierce eyes gleam with a lurid Ted, 
ttey anuft the tainted breeze, they stride with crushing tread. 
hiv true and fatal be your aim, for life ia on the cast, 
■eak not your ranks in flight, that moment were yonr Iasi; 
ill on the shaggy head discharge the murderous leaden hail 1 
las, it glances harmless, as from aooat of mail; 
jb roar, one savage roar, as from a thunderous sky! 
le raging beast is on them now—they tremble, aud they fly; 
; snaps lire bone, he tears the flesh, and many a vietim dies, 
e pierc'd With hall upon the earth the bleeding monarch lios. 
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NUMBER THREE. 
I N a valley between two of the rock-ribbed buttresses of 
Pike’s Peak, ueatles Mauitou, and iu the recesses of the 
jeting hills the healing springs bubble up, sparkling like 
ampagne with beads of gas, and flow over encrusted 
eks to the Fountain River, a hustling, busy mountain 
, earn that, clear and cold from perpetual snow, passes 
rag the narrow vale, and With its moisture irrigates a 
nde of willows, qtiakingasp, and cottonwood. The ho- 
s are just by the margin of this stream, and the walks 
out them follow its windings, and cross and recross it 
t. h picturesque rustic bridges. Cool and fresh sounds 
Irustling song, all through the night it plcasautly re- 
[i, ves the dead silence of the mountains, and doubly 
insant is it in contrast to the dry hillsides Hint rise on 
■f iry hand, scored by the rush of mountain torrents that 
u> aud waste for a brief moment, and then leave their 
7 beds and deep channels as safe hiding-places for rab- 
s and coyotes. 
Sack of the few buildings that, with the road and 
earn, occupy the full width of the narrow bottom land, 
i foot hills rise abruptly, holding their heads from two 
five thousand feet above the springs, while far above 
rat, piercing the sunset shy, is the rugged cone of Pike’s 
ak, amassof beetling rock and snow, towering full eight 
niannd feet above the plain, and over fourteen above the 
sea. From the Missouri River the plains, in endless mo¬ 
notony, seemingly level, but actually rising to the west 
until an altitude of five or six thousand feet is impercep¬ 
tibly attained, weary the tourist with a perpetual promise 
of nothing new that deadens expectation; but here, all at 
once, nature, seemingly disgusted with her dull routine of 
plain and prairie, brown earth, and muddy, wandering 
rivers, has set to work with fanciful caprice, aud with fan¬ 
tastic art called out all her resources of rook and crag, 
spring and mountain stream, color and shadow, until sur¬ 
prises without limit delight the eye, and compel imagina¬ 
tion to rest until the reality is comprehended. There is 
probably no point surrounded by such a variety of scenery 
as is Mauitou; and much of the most curious and beauti¬ 
ful is very readily reached—a great many points by fine 
Toads, and nearly all by safe saddle paths, and the air is so 
stimulating that long and difficult rambles are accom¬ 
plished with unexpected ease. 
The November day of our arrival was warm and balmy; 
and the last tourist ascent of the Peak was made up and 
back the short route by daylight, by Sir Charles Hartley, 
the eminent English engineer. During the following night 
snow fell, only a little film at Mauitou, but deep and heavy 
ou the Peak, where mists and clouds curled and drifted 
long after the sun was bright in the valleys, where snow 
goes before Ids rays like a shadow, leaving the ground dry 
immediately, and no tinge of moisture iu the air. The 
winter climate here is not unpleasant, and many invalids 
seek it in preference to warmer and lower resorts, and of¬ 
ten give evidence that their choice has been fortunate. 
The air is wonderfully clear, and the radiation of heat into 
space is rapid and constant, while sunlight brings an 
amount of heat that we do not know at the East after mid¬ 
summer; consequently the nights are cold, bright days 
warm, and the difference between sunshine and shade very 
great, and to be carefully avoided by invalids. 
At night, in November, the mercury goes to 10° or IB”, 
sometimes to zero, and ice forma in the running streams; 
but after sunrise the change is immediate, and 
after breakfast the most careful invalids arc sitting 
upon the southern piazzas, and parlies set off iu the saddle 
and on foot, as in summer, with the mercury at 50’ or 60". 
The majority of days are brilliantly clear—in November, 
1874, 27 days of sunshine. Snow squalls without much 
wind in the valleys are occasional, and while the snow ac¬ 
cumulates in shaded ravines, and on the high points, it is 
very transient below, and evaporates, leaving no moisture 
in suuny places to make tho soil freeze. Such is the win¬ 
ter at six thousand feet in Colorado, while in April and 
May even occur the heaviest snow falls, when someLimes 
forty inches will fall at once to fill the ravines and gulches 
with torrents as soon as the sun appears. The heaviest fall 
on Pike’s Peak since the Signal Service Station was estab¬ 
lished, was July 4th, when a thick manlle was added to 
the perpetual drifts that from year to year defy the sun, 
The waters of the springs at Manitou are deemed very 
valuable, and were resorted to by the Indians with great 
faith. They are exceedingly pleasant to drink, and agree¬ 
able for bathing. One spring is iron, and encrusts with 
rust the rocks about the well; the others are effervescent 
and sparkling, with sodaand magnesiain large percemage, 
charged with carbonic acid gas. They have been fully an¬ 
alyzed, and a very guarded and able pamphlet gives their 
curative properties. Iuvalids wishing move information 
of these springs than can be here given, will do well to ob¬ 
tain this pamphlet by Dr. Sully, by sending iwenly-five 
cents to the Manitou House, and submit it to their own 
physicians. Beyond doubt these waters are among the 
most agreeable and useful of any, and with such surround 
ings and incentives to open air life, may give aid in many 
cases. As your correspondent is not an M. D., nor your 
paper a medical journal, there is no reason for any extend¬ 
ed commentary ou Colorado as a resort for invalids; but 
there are so many here that the influence of this peculiar 
climate cannot be ignored in writing of it, but difficulties 
surround the task. An honest drover said to me that no 
one tells the truth west of Kansas City, and I was not so 
candid in return as to “allow” that even east of that point 
a mingling of fancy is at times discovered. But before 
laying blame too heavily, be it remembered that it is m t 
easy to tell the whole truth outhere; almost any statement 
may be true in a land so full of contrasts and surprises, 
and conflicting statements be founded on equally conflict¬ 
ing facts. All kinds of climate exist from sun-scorched, 
wind-swept plains, to sheltered valleys of great richness, 
and from desert spots one can east a stone upon verdure. 
All statements are well taken, cum grano salis, and a little 
alkali , and it is not well to go “long” on any specious of¬ 
fering, be they of railway bonds, mining stocks, city lots, 
or infallible Health resorts; and yet valuable investments are 
daily made, and hundreds of men are living active, busy 
lives here who were confirmed invalids in their former 
homes. Asthmatics are wonderfully relieved, and speak 
most gratefully of Denver, Colorado Springs, and other 
points of like altitude, and consumptives not loo far ad¬ 
vanced seem greatly eased and comforted, Heart weak¬ 
ness is dangerously iucreaEed iu the high air-, rheumatism 
is very frequent from the chill of all winter shade, catarrh 
is an annoyance to many, and pneumonia often results from 
tho rapid evaporation of perspiration in the dry cool air. 
Hunters must be very guarded with regard to the latter, 
and never, -when heated by a climb or clmse, rest in the 
cooL air, for the moisture of the clothing will be almost 
instantly absorbed by the air so hungry for humidity, and 
a dangerous chill will result. The complexion of the 
young people reared in Colorado is very peculiar, being 
clear, bright, and rosy from rapid circulation aud almost 
constaut sunlight and open air life, and yet hardly conveys 
the impressiou of robust health; but the influence of this 
climate upon the race cannot be yet recognized, as very 
few natives are over ten years old, and all inferences from 
them are as valueless as .tho widely published small death rate 
in these communities of young and adventurous people. 
But apart from any health-giving qualities of air, water, 
and food, which very probably will be found marked and 
permanent, thousands will boyoml doubt find renewed vig¬ 
or and new life in Colorado, from the faots that here open, 
air life which, our summer heat aud winter cold do so dis¬ 
courage in the older Stales, is possible aud pleasant a large 
part of the year, and withall such incentives to roam, 
ramble, aud camp as will win weary men into activity, and 
lead feeble women to such exertion as will inflate lungs 
long half-used, and exercise muscles feeble from inactivity. 
In more or less of open air exercise lies the only hope of 
any vigorous future generations iu an age of furnace and 
steam heat, double windows, and onorvatiug comforts, and 
in Colorado is found everything to render safe and pleas¬ 
ant gypsy life and Bohemian habits. From Mauitou as a 
centre are rambles, rides, and climbs of inexhaustible in¬ 
terest, and fit for any footsteps, from an invalids to thoso 
of the hardiest mountaineer, while in the parks and camp¬ 
ing grounds, on plain, or amid mountains, with game and 
fish worthy any skill, with the most varied and wonderful 
scenery on all sides. Rare minerals and hidden treasure 
are in the gorges and 'cafions, abundant wild flowers and 
varied plants are npon tho hillsides, in their season; elk, 
bear, bison, aud deer are abundant for him who has nerve 
and endurance; fiue grazing lauds await occupation; rock® 
and peaks of nigged outline aud fantastic color have 
charms for pencil and camera, and interests of every char¬ 
acter exist to amuse minds weary of business, and fill wiih 
pleasure the hearts of any who really care for (he natural 
attractions of nomadic life. 
Three miles from Manitou by the carriage road is the 
“Garden of the Gods,” where, perchance, a race of giant 
Druids raised their altars. Leaving tlie stage road, the 
trail crosses a bridge, and soon winds among rock work of 
the most fantastic form, columns with round caps, vast 
stones balanced ou a point, huge slabs upheld by pillars as 
round as if from lollies, and rocks with pictured and va¬ 
riously serried fronts. A mile amid these indescribable 
surroundings of stones, and we come to tho gateway, 
through which ou smooth sod we drive into the main gar¬ 
den , This gate iB the grand feature of the scene, and ifj 
