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A MOUNTAIN WATERFALL. 



Through occasional open places we were 

 afforded beautiful views. An especially inter- 

 esting one was of a mountain stream which 

 started near the summit of the range and fell 

 by a succession of fails almost to our feet. 

 We estimated the entire visible fall to be about 

 2000 feet. 



Indications of game were plentiful, and elk, 

 deer, bear, and wolf tracks were frequently 

 seen. At one place, the freshly made track of 

 an immense cougar arrested our attention. 

 Farther up, in the damp places, we found the 

 home of the sewellel, or mountain beaver. 

 These little animals are found only in the Pa- 

 cific Northwest. They live in settlements, and 

 their peculiar runways and excavations some- 

 times cover several acres. 



At one point the trail had been washed 

 away, and we were obliged to make a new 

 one. This delayed us, but before night we 

 had made the ascent to the first divide, and at 

 8 P.M. found ourselves, weary and jaded, nearly 

 5,ooo feet higher than Lake Cushman. This 

 divide is the watershed between the Skoko- 

 mish and Duckabush rivers. 



From the magnificent view in every direc- 

 tion we decided that " Camp Lookabout " 

 was a suitable name for our new resting place. 

 Nearby were green meadows, where our 

 horses were contented to remain, and seeming- 

 ly everywhere were the most beautiful flow- 

 ers. The various snow patches about our 

 camp were surrounded by flowers, and, in 

 places, we saw buds, about to bloom, pushing 

 their way through the snow. Back of us and 

 to the North was the mountain on which we 

 were camped. To the East was a short, rug- 

 ged mountain-range in which could be seen a 

 glacier of considerable size. To the South the 

 view of Mt. Skokomish, its glacier, and the 

 valley through which we had passed, was es- 

 pecially grand. The glacier, though a small 

 one, is very beautiful. It is broken by several 

 huge crevasses, and the peculiar greenish-blue 

 color of the ice showed distinctly from be- 

 neath its covering of snow. 



To the West we had a view of Mt. Steele, one 

 of the highest peaks in this part of the Olym- 

 pics. It is over 8,ooo feet high. Away to 

 the South of this is a succession of tower- 

 ing unnamed peaks. To the North of Mt. 

 Steele is another rugged range. So terri- 

 bly grand and wild is the scenery in the 



