IN THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS. 



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pated, the elk slowly arose. Some The elk all passed up the left side 



trotted away, others walked, and 2 of the basin, and after reaching the 



of the largest bulls stood for a few perpendicular cliffs near the upper 



moments, seemingly meditating part stopped for several minutes 



whether to move on, or show fight, and viewed us with evident curios- 



PHOTOS BY C. C. MAKING. 



BAND OF 3 2 ELK. 



I certainly felt, for a few seconds, 

 that I had been rash in approaching 

 in that manner a whole band of elk. 

 At one time I wondered how far I 

 would have to run to reach timber. 



MOUNTAIN FLOWERS. 



SNOW BRIDGE, OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS. 



ity. They then passed over the 

 mountain and out of sight. In all 

 probability this was their first sight 

 of man. 



We returned to camp feeling that 

 in the near view of such a large band 

 of elk, we had been well repaid for 

 the many hardships through which 

 we had passed to reach them. 



We made the return trip without 

 mishap, and the reviews we had of 

 the scenes served to fix them in our 

 memories. 



The Olympics are certainlv a 

 paradise for the artist, the hunter, 

 the naturalist, and the explorer. 

 They have only to become more 

 generally known to be visited and 

 appreciated. 



This region is so full of nature's 

 beauties that it well might rival the 

 Yellowstone region as a national 

 park. 



