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RECREA TION. 



ily on. From the turns of the 

 river, our way lay through just 

 such forests as we had driven 

 through before. 



At several places on the first 4 

 or 5 miles of the trail settlers had 



pasturage was good, Ave decided to 

 make our first camp at that place. 



The last few miles had been te- 

 dious, especially as an occasional 

 fallen tree had to be chopped to 

 make a passage for the horses, and 

 as one inexperienced horse, Dandy, 

 caused considerable delay, losing 

 her footing several times, and at 

 one place nearly rolling into the 

 river. Each of these mishaps ne- 

 cessitated repacking. 



A few days later, at " Camp Look- 

 about," this unfortunate Dandy, 

 while grazing, made a misstep and 



CAMP LOOKABOUT MT. DUCKABUSH 



AND MT. STEEL. AND GLACIER. 



made log-cabins to serve as tem- 

 porary abiding places, while they 

 were "taking up" timber claims. 



After the last inhabited cabin was 

 passed, we beheld the Gorge. 

 Here the Skokomish is very wild, 

 clashing a mass of foam over and 

 around a succession of bowlders, 

 and then, as if to rest, passing 

 quietly on between walls of rock. 



The last cabin, known as Find- 

 ley's, is 7 miles from the lake. This 

 was the last indication of civiliza- 

 tion we saw until our return. 



We knew nothing of the condi- 

 tion of the trail beyond and, as the 



CREVASSE IN DUCKABUSH GLACIER. 



rolled a long distance down a steep 

 mountain-side. She was so badly 

 bruised and cut by the loose rocks 

 over which she had rolled that she 

 was unable to stand. All of our 

 efforts to make her comfortable 

 seemed of no avail, and, to the re- 



